initial public offering

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The AI company, which makes the popular Claude chatbot, has filed for an initial public offering that could be one of the biggest ever.
Source: NPR · 26 Oct 2026
Background ✎
Roots · etymology
initial 源自拉丁 initium(开端);public 源自拉丁 publicus(公众的);offering 由 offer 加 -ing 构成,offer 源自拉丁 offerre(呈上)
- initial(最初的)+ public(公众的)+ offering(发售)
Collocations
- file for an IPO / IPO prospectus / launch an IPO

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