Meanings
plural prospectuses
- A document, distributed to prospective members, investors, buyers, or participants, which describes an institution (such as a university), a publication, or a business and what it has to offer.
- A document which describes a proposed endeavor (venture, undertaking), such as a literary work (which one proposes to write).
- A booklet or other document giving details of a share offer for the benefit of investors.
Just in case, Oatly’s prospectus gives it the option of listing in Hong Kong if the foreign ownership becomes a problem in the United States.
2021 May 18, Jack Ewing, Lauren Hirsch, “The Big Money Is Going Vegan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Aug 20211 more example
The Manchester, Buxton, Matlock & Midlands Junction Railway, which was the title of this project, issued its prospectus on May 30, 1845, and announced that "this Company is formed to complete the communication by Railway between Lancashire and the East Districts. [...]". The capital to be raised was £800,000.
1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 148
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinprospectus
- Frenchprospectus“a prospectus”
- Englishprospectus
From French prospectus (“a prospectus”), borrowed from Latin prospectus. Doublet of prospect and prospekt.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian проспект
- проспект (prospekt)document which describes an institution, publication or business
Catalan prospecte
- prospectedocument which describes an institution, publication or business
Chinese Mandarin 宣傳冊 /宣传册, 簡介文件 /简介文件
- 宣傳冊 /宣传册document which describes an institution, publication or business
- 簡介文件 /简介文件 (jiǎnjiè wénjiàn)document which describes an institution, publication or business
- 招募說明書 /招募说明书 (zhāomù shuōmíngshū)document which describes an institution, publication or business
- 企劃案 /企划案document which describes a proposed endeavor
- 項目提案 /项目提案 (xiàngmù tí'àn)document which describes a proposed endeavor
- 計劃書 /计划书 (jìhuàshū)document which describes a proposed endeavor
- 招股說明書 /招股说明书 (zhāogǔ shuōmíngshū)booklet or other document giving details of a share offer
- 股份公開說明書 /股份公开说明书 (gǔfèn gōngkāi shuōmíngshū)booklet or other document giving details of a share offer
Finnish esite, esite
- esitedocument which describes an institution, publication or business
- esitedocument which describes a proposed endeavor
- esitebooklet or other document giving details of a share offer
French prospectus
- prospectusdocument which describes an institution, publication or business
German Prospekt
- Prospektdocument which describes an institution, publication or business
Hungarian ismertető, prospektus
- ismertetődocument which describes an institution, publication or business
- prospektusdocument which describes an institution, publication or business
Icelandic kynningarbæklingur
- kynningarbæklingurdocument which describes an institution, publication or business
Indonesian prospektus
- prospektusdocument which describes an institution, publication or business
Norwegian Bokmål prospekt
- prospektdocument which describes an institution, publication or business
Russian проспект
- проспект (prospekt)document which describes an institution, publication or business
Spanish prospecto, prospecto
- prospectodocument which describes an institution, publication or business
- prospectodocument which describes a proposed endeavor
- prospectobooklet or other document giving details of a share offer
Ukrainian проспе́кт
- проспе́кт (prospékt)document which describes an institution, publication or business
Cite this entry
prospectus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prospectus
“prospectus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prospectus. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prospectus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prospectus.
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