prospectus

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a document describing a proposed project, publication, institution, or business and inviting interest or participation

   The publisher circulated a prospectus for the new literary journal.

2. 2
   noun

   a formal document giving potential investors the information needed to assess an offer of securities

   Investors should read the fund's prospectus before buying shares.

3. 3
   noun

   especially in British English, a catalog describing a school or university and the courses it offers

   The university prospectus lists the entry requirements for every degree.

Borrowed through French prospectus from Latin prospectus, 'view, outlook, or distant sight,' from prospicere, 'to look forward.' The document sense developed because a prospectus offers a forward-looking view or outline of something proposed.

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