Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

publicly held

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables
pub-licly held
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a corporation or other business entity: owned by shareholders who may buy or sell their shares to anyone through a stock exchange.

Phrases

initial public offering public offering

Frequently Paired Words

initial public offering public offering

Antonyms

privately held closely held

Questions

What does publicly held mean?
Of a corporation or other business entity: owned by shareholders who may buy or sell their shares to anyone through a stock exchange.

How to pronounce publicly held

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