"ICO" meaning in English

See ICO in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} ICO
  1. (UK) Initialism of Information Commissioner's Office, the UK data protection authority. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Information Commissioner's Office (extra: the UK data protection authority)

Noun

Forms: ICOs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ICO (plural ICOs)
  1. (cryptocurrencies) Initialism of initial coin offering. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: initial coin offering Categories (topical): Cryptocurrency
    Sense id: en-ICO-en-noun-I9LwoJgg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Topics: business, cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency, finance

Inflected forms

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