public company

Domain: Universal Words

(also public limited company) (both BrE) (AmE public corporation) noun (abbreviation plc, PLC) a company that sells shares in itself to the public \

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public companyEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary public companyEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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