public company

American  

noun

British.

1. a company that has more than 50 shareholders and whose shares are offered for public subscription.

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public company British  

noun

1. a limited company whose shares may be purchased by the public and traded freely on the open market and whose share capital is not less than a statutory minimum; public limited company Compare private company

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public company Cultural  

1. A company that sells shares in itself to the public to raise capital. When a previously privately owned company offers shares, it is said to “go public.”

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Example Sentences

Crypto exchange Kraken will become a distribution partner to Nasdaq, making the one-to-one tokenized versions of public company stocks available to Kraken’s customers in Europe and around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal

In addition, he is chairman of AMC Networks, the other Dolan-controlled public company.

From The Wall Street Journal

The action came at the request of Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, who has repeatedly chastised the agency, saying that if it were a public company “regulators would shut them down.”

From Los Angeles Times

Krispy Kreme’s second stint as a public company hasn’t gone very well.

From MarketWatch

The first stint ended in July 2016, when Krispy Kreme was acquired by JAB Beech to end about a 16-year run as a public company.

From MarketWatch