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Synonyms

public sale

American  

noun

  1. auction.


Etymology

Origin of public sale

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

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And issuers and their affiliates will be limited from selling any tokens—either privately or on exchanges—for six months after the public sale on Coinbase.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We hope everyone will think carefully about the impact of fireworks and support our call for a national ban on their public sale."

From BBC

Those tickets were available for clubs to order from July last year, while public sale was September before two sell outs were announced in January.

From BBC

The firm has since spent millions on renovations, “exactly as intended by Merced County when the property was sold in an open and public sale process,” company attorney Richard Marchini said in a written statement.

From Los Angeles Times

A group of TSwift fans did file a class-action lawsuit against Ticketmaster over its handling of the Eras Tour when a planned public sale of tickets was canceled because of what the ticketing agency described as “extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems” resulting in “insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand.”

From Los Angeles Times