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open offer

 
 
noun [C] FINANCE

Definition

an offer made by a company to its shareholders inviting them to buy new shares in the company at a fixed price, which is normally lower than the usual price: The company plans to raise cash for the acquisition through an open offer of 30 million new shares.
(Definition of open offer noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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