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

Palihapitiya has spent much of his last few years developing an alternative to the fee bonanza for banks that is the initial public offering process.

From Vox

The new funding comes as DesignCrowd gets ready for a potential initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange.

From TechCrunch

The startup remains one of China’s most valuable private tech companies and rumors have swirled for a few years that it is planning an initial public offering, which the company has denied.

From TechCrunch

The shell company raises money in an initial public offering with the intent of merging with a privately held company that then becomes publicly traded.

From TechCrunch

Albertsons, a multibillion-dollar grocery chain that debuted a public offering last year, said it made the decision in December to lay off delivery staff in many areas around the country and switch to “third-party logistics providers.”

From Washington Post

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