Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spac

/ˈɛsˌpæk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables: spac
IPA: /ˈɛsˌpæk/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Acronym of special-purpose acquisition company.

verb

To become a listed company via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of SPAC.

Example Sentences

"Their company, Reinvent Technology Partners, raised $600 million in an I.P.O. and started trading yesterday, posting one of the biggest one-day share price gains of any SPAC so far this year. That suggests that investors see promise in their approach, well before their vehicle finds a target company to merge with."
"The startup SPACed and was listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange."
"Perhaps more notably, they also expect 25 percent of all Spac acquisitions to be vetoed by shareholders in 2008 — which will force those Spacs to liquidate."

Inflected Forms

SPACs (plural) SPACs (present, singular) SPACing (participle, present) SPACed (participle, past) SPACed (past)

Synonyms

blank check company[Appendix:Glossary

Questions

How do you pronounce spac?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛsˌpæk/.
What does spac mean?: Acronym of special-purpose acquisition company.

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