Takeover

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  takeover \take"o*ver\ n. (Business, Finance)
     The acquisition of ownership of one company by another
     company, usually by purchasing a controlling percentage of
     its stock or by exchanging stock of the purchasing company
     for that of the purchased company. It is a {hostile takeover}
     if the management of the company being taken over is opposed


     to the deal. A hostile takeover is sometimes organized by a
     {corporate raider}.
  
     Syn: acquisition, buyout
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  takeover
       n 1: a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by
            force [syn: {coup d'etat}, {coup}, {putsch}]
       2: a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a
          corporation