public sale

NOUN

auction

Synonyms

WEAK

Dutch auction auctioneering roup sale by auction venue

Example Sentences

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It is set to be the largest ever public sale of shares and will make SpaceX one of the US's top ten largest listed firms.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

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 • Nov. 10, 2025

Henry Wellcome, the voracious American-born British pharmaceutical entrepreneur who amassed a collection of more than a million scientific and archaeological artifacts during his lifetime, bought several at a 1928 public sale.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2024

The company announced a proposed public sale of $200 million of its Class A common stock.

From Reuters • Nov. 7, 2023

But she now knew how to go about bidding in a public sale, because of the experience Eleanor and she had had in New York, when they went about with Mr. Fabian.

From Polly and Her Friends Abroad by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth