IPO
/ˌaɪ piː ˈoʊ/
initial public offering — the first sale of a company's stock to the public
IPO in a sentence
“The company's IPO was oversubscribed ten times, reflecting enormous investor demand.”
Origin of IPO
Acronym: Initial Public Offering, first used in the 1970s
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