initial public offering

noun

: the first sale of a company's stock to the public

Examples of initial public offering in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Its initial public offering, or IPO, was the largest in years for a company based in the Sacramento area — and a boon for the region’s small tech community. Daniel Hunt, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024 The potential reward of getting in on its initial public offering (IPO) would be fantastic—and shorting the stock of every other company in the fashion industry crushed in Shein’s wake could be equally lucrative. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024 The company could file for an initial public offering (IPO) as soon as this week, said Bloomberg UK. The Week Uk, theweek, 4 June 2024 Xi clearly perceived this as an unacceptable threat, as demonstrated by the CCP’s recent spiking of Ant Group’s initial public offering in the wake of comments made by its founder, Jack Ma, that many perceived as critical of the party. Jude Blanchette, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021 During Aramco’s 2019 initial public offering, overseas investors had largely balked at valuation expectations and left the government reliant on local buyers. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 June 2024 The company, which sold shares in an initial public offering in March, also signed an accord in January with Alphabet Inc.’s Google worth $60 million to help train large language models, the technology underpinning generative AI. Aisha Counts, Fortune, 16 May 2024 In an agreement dating back to HSF’s 2018 initial public offering, it was stipulated that the investment advisor could match or beat any takeover bid for HSF — an option that was meant to give artists confidence their catalogs would not be resold. Elizabeth Dilts Marshall, Billboard, 16 May 2024 British minicomputer manufacturer Raspberry Pi has announced plans to file for a UK stock market listing, saying the initial public offering would allow the company to expand its current talent pool and product offerings. Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 15 May 2024

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“Initial public offering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/initial%20public%20offering. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.

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