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Use "flotations" in a sentence
"'flotations' and the process as 'floating' or 'going public'."
"He is also chairman of fashion chain Peacocks and CD-buying group MusicMagpie as they weigh up their own flotations; chairman of electronics group Pace, which is another turnaround job; and a non-executive director of BSkyB enough said."
"In Hong Kong, flotations often include so-called cornerstone investors which can take a chunk of the offering and agree not to sell their shares for a set time period."