What is the term for the part of a company's authorized capital that is offered to the public for subscription?

Question 1 asks for the term describing the part of a company's authorized capital offered to the public for subscription.

• Issued capital is the portion of a company's authorized capital that has been offered to the public for subscription and allotted to shareholders.
• Called-up capital is the portion of issued capital that the company has requested shareholders to pay.
• Paid-up capital is the portion of called-up capital that shareholders have actually paid.
• Nominal capital (or authorized capital) is the maximum amount of share capital a company is authorized to issue.

The correct definition matches issued capital.

The final answer is $\boxed{\text{C}}$