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The phrase literally means "nameless partnership" or "anonymous venture" and comes from the fact that the partners (the shareholders) are not directly known. This is in contrast to the term for a private limited company, which is called besloten vennootschap (an "exclusive" or "closed partnership", one in which stock is not for sale on open markets).
AB (publ) (Publikt Aktiebolag) – the corresponding concept in Sweden and Finland
AG (Aktiengesellschaft) – the corresponding concept in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
A/S (Aktieselskab) – the corresponding concept in Denmark
AS (Aksjeselskap) – the corresponding concept in Norway
Inc (Incorporated) – the corresponding concept in US
KK (Kabushiki kaisha) – the corresponding concept in Japan
Ltd (Limited) - The corresponding concept in Commonwealth countries such as India and other countries which is for public companies just Ltd or private companies with Pvt Ltd or Pte Ltd in Singapore.
Oyj (Julkinen Osakeyhtiö) – the corresponding concept in Finland
Plc (Public Limited Company) - the corresponding concept in the UK and Ireland
S.A. - the corresponding concept in Latin America, Portugal, France, Spain, and other Romanic countries, also in Poland and the Walloon region of Belgium
SE (Societas Europaea) – additional legal structure of a company available in the European Union
S.p.A. (Società per Azioni) - the corresponding concept in Italy
^Although according to the official Dutch spelling, naamloze vennootschap should be abbreviated as 'nv',[1] article 2:66 of the Dutch Civil Code prescribes that the name of any naamloze vennootschap starts or ends with "Naamloze Vennootschap" or abbreviated as "N.V.".[2]
