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.

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take over

Verb

take over

  1. To assume control of something, especially by force; to usurp.
  2. To adopt a further responsibility or duty.
  3. To relieve someone temporarily.
  4. To buy out the ownership of a business.
  5. To appropriate something without permission.
  6. To annex a territory by conquest or invasion.
  7. To become more successful than someone or something else.


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takeover

Noun

  1. 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.
  2. The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.
  3. 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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