initial public offering

noun

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

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In its filing for an initial public offering (IPO) last month, the Swedish company noted that 96 percent of its employees had used generative AI in their day-to-day work, as of August 2024. Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 8 Apr. 2025 On June 16, 2023, ESH Acquisition Corp. completed its initial public offering (IPO) of 11,500,000 units at $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $115,000,000. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 4 Apr. 2025 Circle, the issuer of the USDC filed for an initial public offering this week. Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025 There have been reports, as recently as this week, that the company was considering raising money ahead of an initial public offering. Lucinda Shen, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for initial public offering

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“Initial public offering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/initial%20public%20offering. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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