takeover
noun
Simple meaning
The buy of one company by another.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈteɪkoʊvɚ
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Definition
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noun
economics
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.
economicsuk
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.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C1 · Advanced
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Neutral / general English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: 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.
Used this way, takeover is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in business or professional and finance or economics contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Business/professional
- Finance/economics
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Word Family
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Arbitrage involving risk.
An attempt to take control of a corporation.
An offer to buy shares in order to take over the company.
A company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer.
A leveraged buyout in which the target company's assets are sold to repay the loan that financed the takeover.
A takeover that is welcomed by the management of the target company.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- subsidiarynoun
- consortiumnoun
- dealverb
- assetsnoun
- czechoslovakianoun
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