public offering
Definition
The making available of a new securities issue to the public through an underwriting. also called offering.
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Related terms:
comfort letter, IPO, passive market-making, directed share program, DPO, DSP, public offering price
'public offering' appears in these other terms:
Direct Public Offering, Initial Public Offering
'public offering' appears in the definitions of these other terms on BusinessDictionary.com:
primary offering
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