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quoted company

British  

noun

  1. a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange

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No sooner had these reforms begun to take effect than Sotheby's, a publicly quoted company since 1977, became the target for a hostile takeover bid by two New York entrepreneurs.

From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2011

Its last coup was to pick up 20% of SVG Capital, the quoted company that ploughs most of its capital into private house Permira.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2010

Any publicly quoted company directors are subject only to the law and to the requirement to maximise benefit to their shareholders.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2010