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Definitions for hostile takeover
hos·tile takeover
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Princeton's WordNet
hostile takeovernoun
a takeover that is resisted by the management of the target company
GCIDE
hostile takeovernoun
the purchase of a controlling interest in a publicly-traded company against the wishes of the current management. A person who is the main principal in performing such a buyout is called a corporate raider.
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hostile takeovernoun
An attempted takeover of a company that is strongly resisted by the target company's management
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hostile takeover in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hostile takeover in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of hostile takeover in a Sentence
This is a hostile takeover, an attempt at a hostile takeover, and if anyone here doesn't think what's going on out there is hostile, just ride up and down the street.
The Guillemot family announces that it has decided, with regret, to tender the bulk of its shares to the hostile takeover bid initiated by Vivendi.
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- استحواذArabic
- nepřátelskê převzetíCzech
- fjendtlig overtagelseDanish
- feindliche ÜbernahmeGerman
- adquisición hostilSpanish
- vihamielinen valtausFinnish
- OPA hostileFrench
- ellenséges hatalomátvételHungarian
- pengambilalihan bermusuhanIndonesian
- OPA ostileItalian
- 敵対的買収Japanese
- hostili takeoverLatin
- fiendtlig overtakelseNorwegian
- wrogie przejęciePolish
- aquisição hostilPortuguese
- fientligt övertagandeSwedish
- düşmanca devralmaTurkish
- tiếp quản thù địchVietnamese
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