publicly held

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

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  • publicly-held — ˌpublicly ˈheld adjective FINANCE a publicly held company is one whose shares can be bought and sold by the public : • Blue Coat Systems, Inc., founded in 1996, is a publicly held company based in Sunnyvale, California. * * * publicly held UK US… …   Financial and business terms

  • publicly held — Corporation whose stock is held by and available to the public. Shares of publicly held corporations are usually traded on a securities exchange or over the counter Compare corporation (close corporation) …   Black's law dictionary

  • publicly held corporation — n: public corporation at corporation Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • publicly held — Describes a company whose stock is held by the public, whether individuals or business entities. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …   Financial and business terms

  • publicly — ▪ I. publicly publ‧ic‧ly [ˈpʌblɪkli] adverb FINANCE if a company is publicly held or publicly owned, or its shares are publicly traded, its shares are available to be bought and sold by investors: • the annual reports that publicly held companies …   Financial and business terms

  • Privately held company — A privately held company or close corporation is a business company owned either by non governmental organizations or by a relatively small number of shareholders or company members which does not offer or trade its company stock (shares) to the… …   Wikipedia

  • Closely Held Shares — The shares in a publicly traded company held by a small number of shareholders, who are either directly affiliated with the company or management, or are majority stakeholder. Closely held shares are not publicly traded in the same manner as… …   Investment dictionary

  • Closely Held Corporation — Any company that has only a limited number of shareholders. Closely held corporation stock is publicly traded on occasion, but not on a regular basis. These entities differ from privately owned firms that issue stock that is not publicly traded.… …   Investment dictionary

  • Anna Held — Infobox Actor bgcolour = silver name = Anna Held caption = Anna Held, 1902 birthname = Helene Anna Held birthdate = March 8, 1872 location = Warsaw, Poland deathdate = August 12, 1918 deathplace = New York City, New York spouse = Maximo Carrera… …   Wikipedia

  • closely held corporation — n: close corporation at corporation Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

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