initial public offering

noun

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

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Microcaps typically refer to stocks with market capitalizations of between $50 million and $300 million, meaning the companies raised only a few million in the initial public offering. Evelyn Cheng,anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025 By 2011, Groupon was valued at $25 billion, and the company went public, raising $700 million in the largest tech initial public offering since Google. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025 Monday’s launch was something like an initial public offering, enabling holders of the token to trade them like stocks or other financial instruments. Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025 The sale to Blue Pool Capital was a new development after Golden Goose delayed its initial public offering in June 2024 at the 11th hour due to European market volatility. Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for initial public offering

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“Initial public offering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/initial%20public%20offering. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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