Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A formal summary of a proposed venture or project.
- noun A document describing the chief features of something, such as a business, an educational program, or especially a stock offering or mutual fund, for prospective buyers, investors, or participants.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A printed sketch or plan issued for the purpose of making known the chief features of some proposed enterprise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature; especially, an exposition of the scheme of an unpublished literary work.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- 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. - noun A
document which describes a proposed endeavor (venture, undertaking), such as a literary work (which one proposes to write).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university
- noun a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Average time from receipt to acceptance of a prospectus is about 21 days while the S.E.C. averages 76.
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A prospectus is kind of like a mongo personal statement/teaching philosophy/research statement/where do I see myself in ten years sort of thing, all in 10 pages or less.
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Since I had a rather lengthy pre-tenure sabbatical, one of the things I have to discuss in my prospectus is how I spent this sabbatical time and how it helped my research.
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A prospectus is kind of like a mongo personal statement/teaching philosophy/research statement/where do I see myself in ten years sort of thing, all in 10 pages or less.
2009 September « This is what a computer scientist looks like 2009
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Since I had a rather lengthy pre-tenure sabbatical, one of the things I have to discuss in my prospectus is how I spent this sabbatical time and how it helped my research.
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Since I had a rather lengthy pre-tenure sabbatical, one of the things I have to discuss in my prospectus is how I spent this sabbatical time and how it helped my research.
2009 September 02 « This is what a computer scientist looks like 2009
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A prospectus is kind of like a mongo personal statement/teaching philosophy/research statement/where do I see myself in ten years sort of thing, all in 10 pages or less.
Sunk costs « This is what a computer scientist looks like 2009
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Another issue highlighted by the prospectus was the bank's heavy reliance on short-term funding.
In Spanish, Bankia Starts Wooing IPO Investors Sara Schaefer Muñoz 2011
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Buried toward the end of the prospectus is a warning by Bankia that U.K. insurer Aviva PLC is taking it to a Madrid arbitrage court over a €944 million claim by the insurer following a dispute over a joint venture to sell insurance through bank branches.
In Spanish, Bankia Starts Wooing IPO Investors Sara Schaefer Muñoz 2011
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A prospectus is a legally binding contract between the fund itself and the fundholder.
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