IPO

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

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Examples from the Web for ipo

Since Waze, Soluto and Onavo, both Israeli startups, have had great exits in consumer tech, and Wix “unicorned” through its IPO.
The Airbnb of Home-Cooked Meals|Itay Hod|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Projected to go live in the third quarter of 2014, this will allow film projects essentially to IPO.
How to Win at Crowdfunding|Bianca Goodloe|April 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Zynga rode its one big hit, Farmville, to IPO riches and then crashed as soon as the trend turned.
Silicon Valley Thinks You’re a Fool|Daniel Gross|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A source reveled to The Sunday Times that “preliminary meetings” were being held with bankers to discuss an IPO.
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Monday night, Bloomberg reported that the internet company had finally chosen Goldman Sachs to manage their IPO.
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British Dictionary definitions for ipo

IPO

abbreviation for

independent publicly owned company

stock exchange initial public offering

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Culture definitions for ipo

IPO

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