portsale

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noun

public or open sale; auction

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Meanings

nounportsale (plural portsales)

plural portsales

  1. obsoletepublic or open sale; auction

    Five thousand sixe hundred and two and thirtie persons were sold out-right in port-sale under the guirland

    1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “[Book XLI]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC

Origin

From port + sale. See port (“gate”).

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Anagrams

PortalespetrosalPalestro
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APA

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MLA

“portsale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portsale. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “portsale,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/portsale.

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