🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

empresa cotada

Native Script:empresa cotada em bolsa

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ẽˈpɾezɐ kuˈtadɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Listed company/ˈlɪs.tɪd ˈkʌm.pə.ni/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A empresa tornou-se cotada após a sua oferta pública inicial."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A corporation whose shares can be traded on a stock exchange.

    "The tech giant became a listed company after its successful initial public offering last year."
  2. 2

    An enterprise that has met the regulatory requirements of a recognized securities exchange to offer its public shares to investors.

    "Regulatory compliance is significantly stricter for a listed company compared to a privately held firm."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the past participle of 'list' (from Old English 'list', meaning a border, strip, or roll) combined with 'company' (from Old French 'compagnie', ultimately from Latin 'companio', 'one who eats bread with another'). The compound term emerged in financial and corporate legal contexts during the 19th century with the formalization of stock exchanges.

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