public offering

noun

1. a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter ( private placement ): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Example Sentences

The next year during its initial public offering, it raised another $226 million in private money.

From The Daily Beast

Last week, King Digital Entertainment, the maker of Candy Crush, went public in a splashy initial public offering.

From The Daily Beast

Twitter staged its initial public offering on Thursday morning.

From The Daily Beast

Twitter, the app/ad platform/medium devoted to public oversharing announced a confidential public offering.

From The Daily Beast

By contrast, Facebook alone raised $16 billion in its May 2012 initial public offering.

From The Daily Beast

He would make the public offering on the Epiphany in Westminster Abbey.

From Project Gutenberg

By the public offering of a reward for the finding of witches, their numbers greatly increased.

From Project Gutenberg