takeover
IPA: tˈeɪkoʊvɝ
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.
- (economics, UK) 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.
verb
- Alternative form of take over [Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over.]
take over
IPA: tˈeɪkˈoʊvɝ
verb
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over.
- 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.
- (transitive, intransitive) To become more successful (than someone or something else).
take-over
IPA: tˈeɪkoʊvɝ
noun
- Alternative form of takeover [(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.]