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quoted company

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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