hostile takeover
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈhɑːstɪl ˈteɪkˌoʊvər/
- Specialized
:
adquisición hostil
- At the same time, they've expended time and money fighting off a hostile takeover attempt by one of their Japanese competitors.
- hostile takeover threat
Due to a general lack of interest in the stock market, American stocks had become quite cheap, which led to the emergence of the hostile takeover.
- Due to a general lack of interest in the stock market, American stocks had become quite cheap, which led to the emergence of the hostile takeover.
Examples
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Lincoln Industries faced a hostile takeover after reports revealed a buyer was trying to purchase a controlling share of the company.
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Shares on Lincoln Industries were suspended today on news of a hostile takeover by Seattle entrepreneur Christian Grey.
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Also, allow hostile takeovers by foreign capital.
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The hostile takeover had been all but completed the previous month.
Fiction book (2001) -
Will she use the powers that she has to intervene to block this hostile takeover in the British national interest?
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He's acquired five percent of the stock, and this is definitely the beginning of a hostile takeover of our corporation.
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Financially ruined by the hostile takeover of his family-owned business.
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Rumors have been going around that Weyland International, the organization behind Death Race, has been targeted for hostile takeover.
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Yes, there are lifelong enemies involved in this hostile takeover of the world's supplier of disk drive cleaners.
Fiction book (2000) -
While debate continues over OCP's hostile takeover, there's no denying the mood down here is festive.
Antonyms
How Aggressive
- Specialized
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5.8
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7.5
- Jargon
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4.2
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4.7
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an acquisition carried out despite opposition' is directly and compositionally derived from 'hostile' (adversarial/opposed) modifying 'takeover' (obtaining company control). This adjective+noun combination follows a regular compositional pattern and has close equivalents in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrase hostile takeover uses a war image: hostile means unfriendly and takeover means to seize control, like an army taking land without permission. So, it describes buying a company 'against the will of its managers'.