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portsale

portsale noun: public or open sale; auction.

Noun

portsale (plural portsales)

  1. (obsolete) public or open sale; auction
    • Five thousand sixe hundred and two and thirtie persons were sold out-right in port-sale under the guirland1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “[Book XLI]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC

Forms of portsale

pluralportsales

Origin of portsale

From port + sale. See port (“gate”).

Questions about portsale

What does portsale mean?
Portsale means public or open sale; auction.
What part of speech is portsale?
Portsale is a noun.
What is the plural of portsale?
The plural of portsale is portsales.

Words near portsale in the dictionary

  1. Portrush
  2. ports
  3. ports of call
  4. ports of entry
  5. ports.
  6. portsale
  7. portsales
  8. Portsalon
  9. portscan
  10. portscanned
  11. portscanner

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