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- Dictionaryin·i·tial pub·lic of·fer·ing/iˈniSHəl ˈpəblik ˈôf(ə)riNG/
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- 1. a company's flotation on the stock exchange.
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Type of public offering
An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail (individual) investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investment banks, who also arrange for the shares to be listed on one or more stock exchanges. Through this process, colloquially known as floating, or going public, ... Wikipedia