单词 | black knight |
释义 | > as lemmasblack knight black knight n. Business slang a person or company making an unwelcome takeover bid; cf. white knight n. 1b. ΚΠ 1978 Newsweek 16 Oct. 88/1 ‘White knights’ rush to rescue ‘sleeping beauties’ from ‘black knights’... So goes the lingo in what is fast becoming Wall Street's hottest game, the merger-and-acquisition business. 1988 Economist 29 Oct. 98/2 Unsolicited offers have become common. KKR is one of the most aggressive ‘black knights’. 2010 H. Bierman Introd. Accounting & Managerial Finance 304 A corporation..finding that it was being pursued by an undesirable suitor (a black knight) would arrange to buy the shares held by the black knight at a premium. < as lemmas |
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