plural IPOs
: an initial public offering of a company's stock

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Our thesis in Goldman Sachs is based on a wave of M & A and IPO activity, and there’s some risk that might not come to fruition if this market volatility continues. Jeff Marks, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026 OpenAI has talked about trying for an IPO as soon as later this year. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026 Shares are breakeven since its IPO, whereas the MLP benchmark is up more than 40%. Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 28 Feb. 2026 After receiving the bribe into the trust account, Okoronkwo routed funds to a company called IPO Capital LLC from February 2016 to 2018. Ryanne Mena, Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for IPO

Word History

Etymology

initial public offering

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of IPO was in 1976

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“IPO.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/IPO. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.

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: an initial public offering of a company's stock
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