ＩＰＯ

noun

initial public offering; IPO

Financial term for a company's first sale of stock to the public. Often used in business news.

See also: 新規株式公開

• そのスタートアップは来らい月げつＩＰＯを予よ定ていしている。

  The startup plans to go public next month.

noun

Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation; IPO

Climate science term for a long-term Pacific Ocean temperature fluctuation. Rare outside technical contexts.

• ＩＰＯは太たい平へい洋ようの十じゅう年ねん規き模ぼの気き候こう変へん動どうパターンだ。

  The IPO is a decadal-scale climate variability pattern in the Pacific.