initial public offering

noun

The first offering to members of the public of stock in a company, normally followed by a listing of that stock on a stock exchange.

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flotationIPOinitial offering
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Meanings

nouninitial public offering (plural phrase, abbreviation IPO)

abbreviation IPO

  1. phrasepluralbusinessThe first offering to members of the public of stock in a company, normally followed by a listing of that stock on a stock exchange.

    Synonyms: flotation

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe first offering to members of the public of stock in a company, normally followed by a listing of that stock on a stock exchange.

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flotation

More synonyms by meaning

nouna corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public

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IPOinitial offering
Broader
commercecommercialismmercantilism
Also see
floatflotationipo

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 首次公開募股 /首次公开募股, 首次公開發行 /首次公开发行
  • 首次公開募股 /首次公开募股 (shǒucì gōngkāi mùgǔ)first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
  • 首次公開發行 /首次公开发行 (shǒucì gōngkāi fāxíng)first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
Czech první veřejná nabídka, první veřejná nabídka akcií
  • první veřejná nabídkafirst offering to members of the public of stock in a company
  • první veřejná nabídka akciífirst offering to members of the public of stock in a company
Dutch beursintroductie, beursgang
  • beursintroductiefirst offering to members of the public of stock in a company
  • beursgangfirst offering to members of the public of stock in a company
Finnish listautumisanti
  • listautumisantifirst offering to members of the public of stock in a company
French introduction en bourse
  • introduction en boursefirst offering to members of the public of stock in a company
German Börsengang, Börsegang
  • Börsengangfirst offering to members of the public of stock in a company
  • Börsegangfirst offering to members of the public of stock in a company
Hindi प्रारंभिक सार्वजनिक निर्गम
  • प्रारंभिक सार्वजनिक निर्गम (prārambhik sārvajnik nirgam)first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
Hungarian nyilvános részvénykibocsátás, tőzsdei bevezetés
  • nyilvános részvénykibocsátásfirst offering to members of the public of stock in a company
  • tőzsdei bevezetésfirst offering to members of the public of stock in a company
Italian offerta pubblica iniziale, ipo
  • offerta pubblica inizialefirst offering to members of the public of stock in a company
  • ipofirst offering to members of the public of stock in a company
Japanese 新規株式公開
  • 新規株式公開 (shinki kabushiki kōkai)first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
Polish pierwsza oferta publiczna
  • pierwsza oferta publicznafirst offering to members of the public of stock in a company
Portuguese oferta pública inicial
  • oferta pública inicialfirst offering to members of the public of stock in a company
Russian перви́чное публи́чное предложе́ние
  • перви́чное публи́чное предложе́ние (pervíčnoje publíčnoje predložénije)first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
Spanish oferta pública de venta
  • oferta pública de ventafirst offering to members of the public of stock in a company
Swedish börsintroduktion
  • börsintroduktionfirst offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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