IPO

American  

abbreviation

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

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IPO British  

abbreviation

1. independent publicly owned company

2. stock exchange initial public offering

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IPO Cultural  

1. Abbreviation for i nitial p ublic o ffering; the first issuance of shares in itself by a public company.

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Etymology

Origin of IPO

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

The appointment adds a board member with experience steering a large company through a public listing as Anthropic eyes a potential IPO.

From The Wall Street Journal

That puts SpaceX on track to be the biggest IPO ever.

From Barron's

CXMT, the largest memory company in China, is going to do an IPO this year.

From Barron's

The firm took the decision to the High Court, which ruled that the IPO was wrong to conclude that consumers would be confused by the phrase.

From BBC

Both companies were listed as 5% or more shareholders in Beta’s IPO prospectus External link.

From Barron's