IPO

abbreviation for

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

IPO

abbreviation for

1. independent publicly owned company
2. stock exchange initial public offering

IPO

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of IPO¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

Since Waze, Soluto and Onavo, both Israeli startups, have had great exits in consumer tech, and Wix “unicorned” through its IPO.

From The Daily Beast

The next green IPO will be from Vivint, a Utah-based company that sells solar panels door-to-door.

From The Daily Beast

Projected to go live in the third quarter of 2014, this will allow film projects essentially to IPO.

From The Daily Beast

Zynga rode its one big hit, Farmville, to IPO riches and then crashed as soon as the trend turned.

From The Daily Beast

A source reveled to The Sunday Times that “preliminary meetings” were being held with bankers to discuss an IPO.

From The Daily Beast

The natives of Macassar also call this venomous production ipo.

From Project Gutenberg

Kulu-ipo, the fallen chief, he who fell on account of the tree, p. 17.

From Project Gutenberg