going public
Definition
First-time offering on a stock exchange of the stock formerly held only by a select, small number of stockholders (shareholders). On the date of going public, the stock is called an initial public offering (IPO).
going public is in the Accounting & Auditing and Banking, Commerce & Finance subjects.
going public appears in the definitions of the following terms: shell company and C Corporation (C Corp)
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