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The first offering to members of the public of stock in a company, normally followed by a listing of that stock on a stock exchange.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: phrase, plural
Topics: business, finance
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: IPO, initial offering
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
առաջնային հրապարակային տեղաբաշխում
(aṙaǰnayin hraparakayin teġabašxum)
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Azerbaijani:
ilkin ictimai təklif
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Chinese Mandarin:
首次公開募股 /首次公开募股
(shǒucì gōngkāi mùgǔ)
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Chinese Mandarin:
首次公開發行 /首次公开发行
(shǒucì gōngkāi fāxíng)
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Czech:
první veřejná nabídka
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Czech:
první veřejná nabídka akcií
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Dutch:
beursintroductie
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Dutch:
beursgang
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Finnish:
listautumisanti
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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French:
introduction en bourse
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Georgian:
აქციების პირველადი საჯარო შეთავაზება
(akciebis ṗirveladi saǯaro šetavazeba)
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Georgian:
საწყისი ღია წინადადება
(sac̣q̇isi ɣia c̣inadadeba)
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Georgian:
აქციების პირველი საჯარო გაყიდვა
(akciebis ṗirveli saǯaro gaq̇idva)
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Georgian:
აქციების პირველადი განთავსება
(akciebis ṗirveladi gantavseba)
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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German:
Börsegang
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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German:
Börsengang
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Hindi:
प्रारंभिक सार्वजनिक निर्गम
(prārambhik sārvajnik nirgam)
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Hungarian:
nyilvános részvénykibocsátás
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Hungarian:
tőzsdei bevezetés
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Italian:
offerta pubblica iniziale
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Italian:
ipo
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Japanese:
新規株式公開
(shinki kabushiki kōkai)
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Polish:
pierwsza oferta publiczna
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Portuguese:
oferta pública inicial
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Russian:
перви́чное публи́чное предложе́ние
(pervíčnoje publíčnoje predložénije)
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Sicilian:
afferta pùbblica nizziali
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Spanish:
oferta pública de venta
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company
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Swedish:
börsintroduktion
— first offering to members of the public of stock in a company