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

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London’s slide down the global IPO rankings is putting pressure on the Starmer government to fix the UK’s capital markets. Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025 Public markets are also showing signs of life with a handful of high-profile listings, such as the successful IPO of fintech giant Klarna , which has improved sentiment. Ganesh Rao,julianna Tatelbaum, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025 The sub-$500 million revenue IPO is all but extinct. Aman Ghei, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025 Perry's son, Griffin, owns about 23 percent of Fermi common stock and stands to make even more on the IPO. Fermi, which was only founded in January, is targeting such a high valuation as the boom in AI leads to a surge in interest for the data centers needed to power the technology. Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Sep. 2025 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 8 Oct. 2025.

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: an initial public offering of a company's stock
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