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SPAC
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spac Spac spać spáč
English
special-purpose acquisition company
Alternative forms
en Spac
Pronunciation
en /spæk/
en /ˈɛsˌpæk/
Noun
en Q2308203 en business en special-purpose acquisition company.
en blank check company<id:Q2308203><qq:informal>
en shell company ; SPE<id:Q231842> special-purpose entity<id:Q231842> SPV<id:Q231842> special-purpose vehicle<id:Q231842> ; company#Noun
en A New Spin on SPACs The New York Times 2020-09-18 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/business/dealbook/hoffman-pincus-spac.html 0362-4331 Their company, Reinvent Technology Partners, raised $600 million in an I.P.O. and started trading yesterday, posting one of the biggest one-day share price gains of any SPAC so far this year. That suggests that investors see promise in their approach, well before their vehicle finds a target company to merge with. https://web.archive.org/web/20251002130759/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/business/dealbook/hoffman-pincus-spac.html 2 October 2025
Translations
Finnish: fi yritysostoyhtiö
Polish: pl SPAC f
Verb
en business To become a listed company via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company.
en The startup SPACed and was listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Anagrams
en acps APCs CAPS CAPs CPAs CPSA PACS PACs PCAs SCAP SPCA caps caps. scap