takeover

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.
The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.
A time or event in which control or authority, especially over a facility is passed from one party to the next.

verb

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takeover takeovers take-over

Deverbal from take over.

take over buyout merger sellout tender offer

antitakeover churnover hostile takeover nontakeover reverse takeover takeover artist takeover bid

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