IPO


abbreviation
  1. initial public offering: a company's first stock offering to the public.

Origin of IPO

1
First recorded in 1975–80

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British Dictionary definitions for IPO

IPO

abbreviation for
  1. independent publicly owned company

  2. stock exchange initial public offering

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Cultural definitions for IPO

IPO

Abbreviation for initial public offering; the first issuance of shares in itself by a public company.

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