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SAFE HARBOR

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• SAFE HARBOR (noun)
The noun SAFE HARBOR has 1 sense:

1. the target company defends itself by acquiring a company so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive

Familiarity information: SAFE HARBOR used as a noun is very rare.

• SAFE HARBOR (noun)

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Meaning:

The target company defends itself by acquiring a company so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the acquisition gave the company a safe harbor

Hypernyms ("safe harbor" is a kind of...):

porcupine provision; shark repellent (a measure undertaken by a corporation to discourage unwanted takeover attempts)

"Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."
(English proverb)
"Who has no heart, has no heels."
(Albanian proverb)
"There is no evil without goodness."
(Armenian proverb)
"The vine says to the vintager: "Make me poor, and I will make you rich.""
(Corsican proverb)

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