Definition of Prospectus

1. Noun. A formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise. "A prospectus should contain the facts that an investor needs to make an informed decision"

Generic synonyms: Offer, Offering

2. Noun. A catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university.
Exact synonyms: Course Catalog, Course Catalogue
Generic synonyms: Catalog, Catalogue
Specialized synonyms: Preliminary Prospectus, Red Herring

Definition of Prospectus

1. n. A summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature; especially, an exposition of the scheme of an unpublished literary work.

Definition of Prospectus

1. Noun. A document, distributed to prospective members, investors, buyers(,) or participants, which describes an institution (such as a university), a publication(,) or a business and what it has to offer. ¹

2. Noun. A document which describes a proposed endeavor (venture, undertaking), such as a literary work (which one proposes to write). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prospectus

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prospectus

prosopopœic
prosopopœiæ
prosos
prospect
prospected
prospecting
prospection
prospective
prospective(a)
prospectively
prospectiveness
prospectless
prospector
prospectors
prospects
prospectus (current term)
prospectuses
prosper
prospered
prospereth
prospering
prosperite
prosperities
prosperity
prosperity doctrine
prosperity gospel
prosperity theology
prosperous

Literary usage of Prospectus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Financing an Enterprise by Hugh Ronald Conyngton (1921)
"The cost of printing a prospectus will vary greatly. A single- sheet prospectus of some small undertaking close at hand, and therefore not requiring a full ..."

2. Company Precedents, for Use in Relation to Companies Subject to the by Francis Beaufort Palmer (1881)
"Inspection of The prospectus should state where copies of the memorandum and document*. articles of association and of any contracts and other documents ..."

3. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"Plate».—1. Canonicus regulan« S. Augustin!, p. 1. 2. prospectus ... According to the original prospectus, it was to have been comprised in 26 numbers. ..."

4. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"Plates.—1. Canonicus regularía S. Augus- lini. p. 1. 2. prospectus ... According to the original prospectus, it was to have been comprised in 26 numbers. ..."

5. Financing an Enterprise by Hugh Ronald Conyngton (1921)
"CHAPTER prospectus Writers Cost of prospectus-Writing The Printed prospectus What the prospectus-Writer Does Style of Printed prospectus The Typewritten ..."

6. Accounting Practice and Procedure by Arthur Lowes Dickinson (1913)
"In addition, it is the regular practice in all cases, except that of an entirely new business not yet established, to incorporate in the prospectus a ..."

7. Railroad Promotion and Capitalization in the United States by Frederick Albert Cleveland, Fred Wilbur Powell (1909)
"The prospectus has been found equally valuable whether the project was initiated as a citizen ... In any event the prospectus is a significant document. ..."

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