public sale

noun

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The project is expected to cost roughly $95 million and will be financed through a combination of private equity, debt and public sales tax dollars through a community improvement district that commissioners approved earlier this summer. Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025 The main auction houses, led by Sotheby’s, scrambled to take their business online, but public sales fell by around a third. Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 The ultra-aged, 34-year-old bourbon yielded just 11 bottles, 5 of which were available for public sale. Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025 There’s no official public sale price for The Breakers since it was purchased by the Preservation Society in 1972 for $365,000. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for public sale

Word History

First Known Use

1641, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of public sale was in 1641

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“Public sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20sale. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

Legal Definition

public sale

see sale

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