takeovernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈteɪkˌəʊ.vər/us/ˈteɪkˌoʊ.vɚ/C1 a situation in which a company gets control of another company by buying enough of its shares:
They were involved in a takeover last year.
make a takeover bid for sth
to try to get control of something:
The company made a takeover bid for one of its rivals.
More examples
- It has emerged that secret talks had been going on between the two companies before the takeover was announced.
- The bank fought off a takeover by another bank recently.
- The takeover battle is between two of America's industrial/retail giants .
- The company has decided not to go through with the takeover of its smaller rival.
- The company spent much effort in avoiding takeover bids from predatory competitors.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Mergers & acquisitions
- absorb
- acquisitive
- amalgamation
- buy into sth
- buy sb out
- buyout
- hive
- hive sth off
- leverage
- merger
- monopolize
- monopoly
- oligopoly
- spin
- spin sth off
- subsidiary
- suitor
- syndicate
- take (sth) over
- white knight
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