Part of the stock could be sold publicly.

Thus far, the number of bank loans sold either publicly or through private placements is but a trickle.

The system can be used to assure that control of a company stays within a family, even after most of the stock is sold publicly.

In 1810, the church ceased to be used as a place of worship and the old timber work was sold publicly.

If the property is sold publicly, the usual method is a public auction.

The bonds for Mexico would otherwise be sold publicly in routine deficit financing.

In some cases, the companies involved had unusual capital structures in which much of the stock could not legally be sold publicly.

Because everyone would have the chance to buy cheap options before the stock was publicly sold.

Four of the 10 most expensive works that have been sold publicly are van Goghs.

The stock was not sold publicly during this period of growth.