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go public1. To publicize or reveal something. When do you guys plan to go public with your relationship?2. To become a publicly traded company (which requires issuing shares of stock for sale). That company stands to make a lot of money from going public.See also: go, publicgo public (with something) 1. to sell to the public shares of a privately owned company. (Securities markets.) The company decided not to go public because the economy was so bad at the time. Well go public at a later time. 2. to reveal something to the public. It's too early to go public with the story. Just let me know when we can go public with this press release.See also: go, publicgo publicBecome a publicly held company, that is, issue ownership shares in the form of stock. For example, As soon as the company grows a little bigger and begins to show a profit, we intend to go public . [Mid-1900s] See also: go, publicgo public COMMON1. If you go public, you make something known to a lot of people, especially through the TV, newspapers, etc. Railtrack and the government went public with their plans for the west coast main line. Several ministers went public to deny the claims.2. If a company goes public, it stops being privately owned, and people can buy shares in it. On May 14, Rambus, a microchip maker, went public.See also: go, publicgo public 1 become a public company. 2 reveal details about a previously private concern.See also: go, publicgo ˈpublic 1 (of a company) sell shares to the public: We’re hoping to go public early next year. 2 make a public statement about a private matter because you think this is the right thing to do: He decided to go public about his drug problem in order to warn other athletes of the dangers.See also: go, publicgo public1. in. to sell to the public shares of a privately owned company. (Securities markets.) We’ll go public at a later time. 2. in. to reveal something to the public. (Especially with with, as in the examples.) Just let me know when we can go public with this. See also: go, publicLegalSeePublicGo public
Going PublicThe act or process of a company selling stock in itself when it moves from private ownership to public trade. More generally, it refers to the actual first sale of stock to the public. Small companies looking for a new source of financing often go public, but large companies who wish to be publicly traded can do so as well. Investing in a company that is going public is generally risky because one does not know how much demand will exist for the stock after its initial offering. This risk comes from the uncertainty of the stock's resale value. See also: Publicly-traded company.Go public.A corporation goes public when it issues shares of its stock in the open market for the first time, in what is known as an initial public offering (IPO). That means that at least some of the shares will be held by members of the public rather than exclusively by the investors who founded and funded the corporation initially or the current owners or management. |