PROSPECTUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A catalog listing the courses offered by a college or university

Synonyms:

course catalog; course catalogue; prospectus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("prospectus" is a kind of...):

catalog; catalogue (a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prospectus"):

preliminary prospectus; red herring (a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise

Example:

a prospectus should contain the facts that an investor needs to make an informed decision