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

Examples of IPO in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Along with Astera Labs and Reddit, Rubrik is one of the major tech firms many investors have been hoping would IPO this year, ending a two-year drought of public offerings. María Soledad Davila Calero, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024 The rest were issued to him via the IPO in return for his interest in Trump Media as a private company. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024 However, that avenue for revenue, and accordingly the group’s IPO prospects, is now in jeopardy. Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 15 Apr. 2024 Inspire, which also owns brands such as Arby’s and Dunkin’, is mulling an IPO later this year or in 2025. Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2024 Related article Two investors in Trump Media insider trading case plead guilty Companies that go public through a traditional initial public offering (IPO) or by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), like Trump Media did, tend to experience a bumpy ride at first. Matt Egan, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024 The increase was primarily due to the Company's initial public offering (IPO) and Nasdaq listing in August 2023, the additional cost of being a public company, and higher wages and third-party costs due to inflationary pressures. Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2024 Trump Media, the parent company of former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform, only made it through to its recent IPO thanks to loans in 2022 that partly came from a Russian-American businessman named Anton Postolnikov, the Guardian reports. David Meyer, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024 That’s about 95% less than Blue Apron’s 2017 IPO valuation of $1.89 billion. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024

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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 25 Apr. 2024.

Legal Definition

: an initial public offering of a company's stock
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