public offering

NOUN

shares for sale in a company

Synonyms

WEAK

initial public offering new securities issue

Example Sentences

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SpaceX’s initial public offering on Friday could help if the rockets, satellites, and artificial-intelligence company gets off to a good start.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

There were a lot of ways that SpaceX’s initial public offering could have gone wrong.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

This week’s initial public offering by SpaceX, and the pending IPOs of OpenAI and Anthropic, intensify that angst with stratospheric prices for innovation and potential growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The company sold 555 million shares at $135 and raised $75 billion from institutional and retail investors in its initial public offering.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 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)