initial public offering

noun

: the first sale of a company's stock to the public

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The e-commerce company is awaiting regulatory approval in China and the UK to proceed with an initial public offering that would boost London’s stock market amid a dearth of listings. Sydney Lake, Fortune Europe, 9 Oct. 2024 The Harvard graduate was an early team member of Garena (Shopee), an e-commerce platform based in Singapore, which later became Sea Ltd. and had an initial public offering for $1 billion. Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024 Reuters — Shares of Hyundai Motor India dropped as much as 6% in their market debut on Tuesday, after a tepid response from retail investors to the pricing of the country’s largest ever initial public offering. Reuters, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024 Tesla went public on June 29, 2010, with an initial public offering (IPO) price of $17 per share, raising over $226 million. Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for initial public offering 

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