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Which term is synonymous with the phrase 'initial offering' in the material?

Initial Public Offering (IPO)

secondary offering

private placement

first issuance

Initial offering refers to the first time a company's securities are issued to investors. In the material, that same idea is described using the term "first issuance," so they are equivalent in that context. The other terms describe different scenarios: an IPO is specifically the first sale to the public, which is a public version of the initial offering; a secondary offering happens after the initial issue, selling additional shares; a private placement is a sale to a small, private group rather than the general market. So the term that best matches the idea of the very first issuance in the material is "first issuance."