TAKEOVER
Takeover
In business, a takeover is the purchase of one company by another . In UK, the term refers to the acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Takeover
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take over
Verb
- To assume control of something, especially by force; to usurp.
- To adopt a further responsibility or duty.
- To relieve someone temporarily.
- To buy out the ownership of a business.
- To appropriate something without permission.
- To annex a territory by conquest or invasion.
- To become more successful than someone or something else.
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takeover
Noun
- 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.
- 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.
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