1985 29 Dec. 17/6 The language of the City has taken an exciting turn with..mega-bids (takeovers for sums of money with a great many noughts on) and White-Knights (a rival takeover bidder, not quite so awful as the threatened one).
1989 14 Oct. 21/1 The rest of the stock market had a see-saw day. When at the opening the mooted megabid failed to appear shares lost ground.