privately-held — ˌprivately ˈheld adjective FINANCE a privately held company is one whose shares cannot be bought by the public : • Marilyn Carlson Nelson runs one of the biggest privately held companies in America, Carlson Companies, which she took over as… … Financial and business terms
privately held — UK US adjective (also privately owned) ► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET used to describe a company whose shares cannot be traded on a stock market: »a privately held company/firm/subsidiary … 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
privately held — adjective Of a corporation or other business, owned by a small number of people, and not having shares of ownership sold via a stock exchange or other public market. Syn: closely held … Wiktionary
privately held corporation — noun a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market • Syn: ↑closed corporation, ↑close corporation, ↑private corporation • Hypernyms: ↑corporation, ↑corp • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
privately — private pri‧vate [ˈpraɪvt] adjective [only before a noun] 1. private property, businesses, activities etc are owned or paid for by people and companies, rather than the government: • They transferred ownership of thousands of companies from the… … Financial and business terms
Private company limited by shares — Companies law Company … Wikipedia
closely held — adjective Of a corporation or other business, owned by a small number of people, and not having shares of ownership sold via a stock exchange or other public market. Syn: privately held … Wiktionary
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
Types of business entity — Companies law Company … Wikipedia
secondary offering — An IPO in which privately held shares in a corporation are sold to the public. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary A registered offering of a large block of a security that has been previously issued to the public. The blocks being offered may have… … Financial and business terms