plural IPOs
: an initial public offering of a company's stock

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According to a regulatory filing tied to its IPO, Newsmax agreed to pay $40 million. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025 Case in point: Ticket selling platform StubHub filed for an IPO three weeks ago with chatter that the company would seek to raise $1 billion. Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 9 Apr. 2025 Hinge Health considers delaying its IPO after Trump tariffs send markets plummeting. Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 Adding to the strain, IPO activity has stalled and mergers and acquisitions are down 13 percent in the first quarter of 2025, according to data compiled by Dealogic for Reuters. Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for IPO

Word History

Etymology

initial public offering

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of IPO was in 1976

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“IPO.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/IPO. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

Legal Definition

: an initial public offering of a company's stock
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