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Definition of 'Ipo'. Tweet. Initial public offering is the process by which a private company can go public by sale of its stocks to general public. Definition: Initial public offering is the process by which a private company can go public by sale of its stocks to general public. It could be a new, young company or an old company which decides to be listed on an exchange and hence goes public.
An initial public offering (IPO) is the process by which a private company becomes publicly traded on a stock exchange. Once a company is public, it is owned by the shareholders who purchase the company's stock when it is put on the market. For many investors, the only real exposure they have to the IPO process occurs a few weeks prior to the IPO, when media sources inform the public.