Cases of word usage

1) go up to a person and speak to her or him first, especially a stranger in a public place (accost)

2) (a place for keeping) public or government records, especially for historical reasons (archives)

3) a public meeting at which goods are sold to the person offering the most money (auction)

4) a public announcement in church that two people are to be married (banns)

5) a long seat of wood or stone, e.g. in a public park (bench)

6) a public passenger vehicle that travels a fixed route along the roads and takes people on and sets them down (bus)

7) (an instance of) public entertainment and feasting, usually with music and processions of people in fancy dress (carnival)

8) an act with special clothes, actions etc, such as a wedding, funeral, the opening of a new public building etc (ceremony)

9) a building for public Christian worship (church)

10) a formal discussion, e.g. at a public meeting, by a committee (debate)