public offering

NOUN

shares for sale in a company

Synonyms

WEAK

initial public offering new securities issue

Example Sentences

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More broadly, investors have been blindly piling into space stocks due to excitement about SpaceX’s impending initial public offering.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Recent reports suggest OpenAI plans to soon file confidentially for an initial public offering, which could lead the company to go public as soon as September.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

In 2010, Baron met Musk when the Tesla CEO came to pitch the electric-car company’s initial public offering.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The company’s initial public offering is expected to drive attention to the broader sector, which has already begun to benefit.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Not in those days would he have celebrated his pilgrimage to the shrine of Khwajah Mueeyinudin Chisti by a public offering of ghee.

From The Broken Road by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)