Definition of Takeover bid

1. Noun. An offer to buy shares in order to take over the company.

Specialized synonyms: Two-tier Bid, Any-and-all Bid
Generic synonyms: Tender Offer

Definition of Takeover bid

1. Noun. (British) An attempt to buy a controlling share in a business. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Takeover Bid

taken time
taken up(p)
taken with(p)
takeoff
takeoff booster
takeoff rocket
takeoffs
takeout
takeout double
takeout doubles
takeout food
takeouts
takeover
takeover arbitrage
takeover attempt
takeover bid (current term)
takeover bids
takeover target
takeovers
taker
takers
takes
takes a hint
takes action
takes after
takes care
takes charge
takes command
takes control
takes hold

Literary usage of Takeover bid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Making Things Better: Competing in Manufacturing (1993)
"Managers, feeling that an unwelcome takeover bid might come at any time, might take steps that approximate what they would do to defend against a real ..."

2. Alliances in International Constructionby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... stakes in each other's businesses, often as a defensive measure to make it difficult for a would be predator to make a takeover bid (Flanagan, 40). ..."

3. Making Economic Sense by Murray Newton Rothbard (2006)
"What Milken did was to resurrect and make flourish the takeover bid concept through the issue of high-yield bonds (the "leveraged buy-out"). ..."

4. OECD Economic Surveys Slovak Republic Volume 2004 Issue 1 by OECD Staff (2004)
"MOL asked Financial Market Authority for the approval of the takeover bid with the price of SKK 1 200 per share; this offer was rejected by the Financial ..."

5. Europe Real Estate Yearbook 2005: Assets, Industry Trends, Market Players by Dijkman, Schiller (2005)
"Q: What was the result of the failed takeover bid for Sophia? Alec Emmott: “In January 2004, four of SFL's principal shareholders - Aviva, Societe Generale, ..."

6. Asymmetric Marketing: Tossing the 'Chasm' in the Age of the Software Superpowers by Joseph E. Bentzel (2006)
"21 In the same news article, Conway described Oracle's hostile takeover bid as having an intentional 'twist in the wind' effect on his customers, ..."

7. Making Things Better: Competing in Manufacturing (1993)
"Managers, feeling that an unwelcome takeover bid might come at any time, might take steps that approximate what they would do to defend against a real ..."

8. Alliances in International Constructionby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... stakes in each other's businesses, often as a defensive measure to make it difficult for a would be predator to make a takeover bid (Flanagan, 40). ..."

9. Making Economic Sense by Murray Newton Rothbard (2006)
"What Milken did was to resurrect and make flourish the takeover bid concept through the issue of high-yield bonds (the "leveraged buy-out"). ..."

10. OECD Economic Surveys Slovak Republic Volume 2004 Issue 1 by OECD Staff (2004)
"MOL asked Financial Market Authority for the approval of the takeover bid with the price of SKK 1 200 per share; this offer was rejected by the Financial ..."

11. Europe Real Estate Yearbook 2005: Assets, Industry Trends, Market Players by Dijkman, Schiller (2005)
"Q: What was the result of the failed takeover bid for Sophia? Alec Emmott: “In January 2004, four of SFL's principal shareholders - Aviva, Societe Generale, ..."

12. Asymmetric Marketing: Tossing the 'Chasm' in the Age of the Software Superpowers by Joseph E. Bentzel (2006)
"21 In the same news article, Conway described Oracle's hostile takeover bid as having an intentional 'twist in the wind' effect on his customers, ..."

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