private sale
noun[CorU]
ukusFINANCE
asituationin whichshares,bonds, etc. aresoldto only asmallgroupofinvestors,ratherthan on anopenmarket:
a private sale of sthThecompanyraisednearly$6 million through aprivatesaleofstocktoinvestors.
COMMERCE,PROPERTY
asituationin whichland, ahouse, etc. issolddirectlyto thebuyer,ratherthan through anagent(= someoneactingfor theseller):
You don't have topayestateagents'feesif youoptfor aprivatesale.
Hedecidedtosellthehousebyprivatesale.