[] () () a financial institution, especially a merchant bank (= a bank that deals mainly with businesses) that sells a company's shares to the public证券承销公司，证券发行公司（向公众出售公司股票的金融机构，尤指商业银行）◆The issuing house buys the shares from the issuing company and places them with investors.证券承销公司从发行公司处购买股票并转卖给投资者。