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TAKEOVER BID

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Dictionary entry overview: What does takeover bid mean?

• TAKEOVER BID (noun)
The noun TAKEOVER BID has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: TAKEOVER BID used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TAKEOVER BID (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An offer to buy shares in order to take over the company

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("takeover bid" is a kind of...):

tender offer (an offer to buy shares in a corporation (usually above the market price) for cash or securities or both)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "takeover bid"):

two-tier bid (a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to pay more for the shares needed to gain control than for the remaining shares)

any-and-all bid (a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to buy any and all shares outstanding)

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