publicly held corporation
1publicly held corporation — n: public corporation at corporation Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
2publicly 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) …
3closely held corporation — n: close corporation at corporation Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
4Closely 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.… …
5publicly held — adjective Of a corporation or other business entity, owned by shareholders who may buy or sell their shares to anyone through a stock exchange …
6corporation — cor·po·ra·tion /ˌkȯr pə rā shən/ n [Late Latin corporatio, from Latin corporare to form into a body, from corpor corpus body]: an invisible, intangible, artificial creation of the law existing as a voluntary chartered association of individuals… …
7closely held corporation — noun stock is publicly traded but most is held by a few shareholders who have no plans to sell • Hypernyms: ↑corporation, ↑corp …
8corporation, close — n. A corporation whose shares are not publicly traded but instead are held by a small group or a single shareholder who also runs the corporation’s business; also called a closely held corporation. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing …
9Corporation — This article is about business corporations. For other uses, see Corporation (disambiguation). Corporate redirects here. For the Bollywood film, see Corporate (film). A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity… …
10aggressor corporation — A corporation that attempts to obtain control of a publicly held corporation, often by a direct cash tender or public exchange offer to shareholders, but also possibly by way of merger, which requires agreement or assent of the target s… …
