initial public offering

Other forms: initial public offerings

Definitions of initial public offering
  1. noun
    a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
    synonyms: IPO, initial offering
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    type of:
    commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
    transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
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