What does "ipo" mean?

Initialism of initial public offering.

What is a synonym for "ipo"?

Common synonyms include: initial offering, initial public offering, initial public offering.

Ipo

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
Initialism of initial public offering. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
"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."
2
a corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public wordnet
3
Initialism of Intellectual Property Office. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Verb

1
To launch an initial public offering, to go public. intransitive, transitive
"OnX recently IPO'ed at $7.50 per share, quickly rose to $10.50 per share and then drifted down to about $5 per share."

Synonyms

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initial offering initial public offering initial public offering

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""Ganon made man in his image, and spoke to his creations: "You are my prisoners." Wait, what the hell is this..?" "It's a book." "I know a book if I see one, Sister Ipo. What book—" "Read the book!" "You goose.""

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