BBC (abbreviation plc) a British company owned by at least two people and whose shares can be bought by everyone 〔英国的〕公开有限公司,股份有限公司〔至少为两人所有,任何人可购其股份〕
Examples from the Corpus
public limited company• To meet the challenge the public authority would have to be transformed into a public limited company.• It did not refer specifically to the grounds upon which the nullity of a public limited company might be ordered.• Minors could not qualify for free shares under the terms of the recentAbbeyconversion to a public limited company.
From Longman Business Dictionary
public limited companyˌpublic ˌlimited ˈcompanyFINANCE