IPO

Definitions

1. Initialism of initial public offering.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. Initialism of Intellectual Property Office.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Equivalents

Examples

“In spite of the recent falls in the value of the Nasdaq index and the value of Amazon stock⟳, the new technology had the city by the ears: the talk⟳ was still of start-ups, IPOs, interactivity, the unimaginable future that had just begun to begin⟳.”

“You just shrug when you change⟳ the site’s privacy settings overnight to capture⟳ lucrative personal information and make⟳ Facebook’s IPO one of the biggest in Silicon Valley.”

“But AB InBev pulled the plug⟳ on a proposed IPO of its Asian business in Hong Kong earlier this month, citing tough market conditions.”

“The paper points towards a broader shift from public to private financial markets where the winning tech firms with hectobillion-dollar-equity valuations may reject⟳ IPOs and stay⟳ privately-held while founders seek⟳ to retain⟳ total corporate control⟳ over AGI technologies.”

CEFR level