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initial

▪ I. initial i‧ni‧tial ¹ [ɪˈnɪʆl] adjective [only before a noun]

happening first or at the beginning of an event or process:

• Each portfolio has a minimum initial investment of $3,000.

• the initial capital required for the project (= the money needed to start it )

• Somatogen sold two million shares in its initial public offering (= when its shares were made available to the public for the first time ) .

[m0] ▪ II. initial initial ² verb initialled _PTandPPX initialling _PRESPARTX initialed _PTandPPX initialing _PRESPARTX [transitive]

1. to write your initials on an official document to show that you agree with it:

• I would be grateful if you could complete and initial clause two, and return the documents to us.

2. to make an official written agreement or arrangement with someone:

• Seoul and Beijing initialed a trade agreement in a move to expand economic exchanges between the two nations.

[m0] ▪ III. initial initial ³ noun [countable usually plural]

1. the first letter of someone's first name:

• I need a list of names, with initials.

2. initials [plural] the first letters of the words in the name of a company or organization, or the first letters of all someone's names:

• Yves Saint Laurent's famous initials, YSL

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Ⅰ.

initial UK US /ɪˈnɪʃ^əl/ adjective [before noun]

► happening at the beginning: initial estimate/forecast »Economists had expected GDP growth to be revised upwards from last month's initial estimate of 0.6%.
initial charge/cost/fee »The fund has an initial charge of 5.25%.
» Investors may not get back the full value of their initial investment.

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initial UK US /ɪˈnɪʃ^əl/ verb [T] (initialling or US usually initialing, initialled or US usually initialed)

► to write the first letters of each of your names on an official document to show that you have read it and agree with it: »Initial and date each page of the contract.

► to discuss and agree to an arrangement with another organization, country, etc.: »The two nations used the summit to initial a deal on energy cooperation.

Ⅲ.

initial UK US /ɪˈnɪʃ^əl/ noun

● initials — Cf. initials

Financial and business terms. 2012.