initial public offering

noun

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

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Saudi Aramco listed on the Saudi exchange in 2019 in an eye-catching move selling 1.7% of its shares for $29.4 billion, earning the floatation a tag of the world’s biggest initial public offering. Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025 Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Figma — The design company tumbled 22%, giving back a chunk of its initial public offering gains from last week. Fred Imbert, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025 Investors kicked off 2025 hoping to see the healthy return of what had become a rare species: the initial public offering, or IPO. Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 July 2025 Earlier this year, Ethio Telecom sold only 10.7% of shares in a lackluster initial public offering aimed at boosting investment in the country’s struggling economy. Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for initial public offering

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