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sleeping beauty
Sleep′ing Beau′ty n. the heroine of a fairy tale who is awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of a prince. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Sleeping Beauty - fairy story: princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince's kiss | | 2. | sleeping beauty - a person who is sleeping soundlysleeper, slumberer - a rester who is sleeping | | 3. | sleeping beauty - a potential takeover target that has not yet been put in playtakeover target, target company - a company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer | TranslationsSleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beautysleeps for 100 years. [Fr. Fairy Tale, The Sleeping Beauty]See: Enchantment
Sleeping Beautyenchanted heroine awakened from century of slumber by prince’s kiss. [Fairy Tale: Brewer Dictionary, 1011]See: SleepSleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty A fanciful term for a transposase that can bind to inverted terminal repeats and mediate precise cut-and-paste transposition in cells from all major vertebrate classes, so named because it was “re-awakened” from 10 million years of evolutionary sleep—i.e., synthesised from extinct transposase systems.sleeping beauty
Sleeping beautyOften used in risk arbitrage. Potential takeover target that has not yet been approached by an acquirer. Such a company usually has particularly attractive features, such as a large amount of cash, or undervalued real estate or other assets.Sleeping BeautyA company, especially a start-up, that might make a profitable takeover, but has not been approached by a potential acquirer. Qualifications for a sleeping beauty include high potential with bad management or perhaps an undervalued share price.sleeping beauty A firm with valuable assets not effectively used by its management. Such a firm has high profit potential and value and is therefore a prime candidate for takeover.sleeping beauty
Words related to sleeping beautynoun a person who is sleeping soundlyRelated Wordsnoun a potential takeover target that has not yet been put in playRelated Words- takeover target
- target company
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