spac

IPA/spæk/
IPA/spæk/

spac — noun

1. a company created specifically to raise money from stock-market investors and th

1.名詞B2
釋義

a company created specifically to raise money from stock-market investors and then use that money to buy or merge with a private business, so that the private business becomes publicly traded without going through a traditional initial public offering

例句

Camila invested in a SPAC that planned to merge with an electric vehicle startup.

SPAC + verb: invested in a SPAC that planned to merge with

The family-run bakery went public by merging with a SPAC instead of doing a traditional IPO.

同義詞
  • blank check company

    alternative name with the same meaning; 'blank check' emphasises that investors give the SPAC freedom to choose any target

文法句型

SPAC + verb

SPAC + merges with/acquirers

用法筆記

A countable noun — one SPAC, several SPACs. Frequently used in financial and business news. The full form of the acronym is 'special purpose acquisition company'. The word is written in uppercase letters (SPAC) but spoken as a single syllable /spæk/.

常見錯誤

❌The company did a SPAC to go public.
✅The company went public through a SPAC merger / by merging with a SPAC.
💡You do not 'do a SPAC'; a SPAC is the vehicle used for the merger.