initial public offering

noun

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

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Reuters got a look at Anthropic’s initial public offering prospectus, known as an S-1, before its official release. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

The company is betting on its strength in enterprise AI to fuel a potentially trillion-dollar initial public offering, which could take place before the end of this year. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2026

The Dangote Refinery, whose shares went on sale on Monday to kick off Africa’s largest initial public offering, raised its wholesale petrol price by 7% late last week. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026

SpaceX, by far the country’s and the world’s most active company in the areas of space launches and satellites, supercharged its recent record-setting initial public offering (IPO) with a plan to dominate this emerging market. — Elizabeth Howell, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for initial public offering

• proffering