[] ( plc) in the UK and some other countries, a limited company whose shares are offered to the public and are bought and sold on a stock exchange公共股份有限公司（英国等国家股票公开上市交易的有限公司）◆The firm was floated as a public limited company.这家公司是作为公共股份有限公司上市的。➡ see note at Ltd