Definition of "Public offerings"

Offering of new securities of a real estate company to the investing public, after registration requirements have been filed with the SEC. the securities are usually made available to the public at large by a managing investment banker and its underwritting syndicate. In the public offering, unlike private placement, the corporation does not deal directly with the ultimate buyers of the securities. The public market is an impersonal one.

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