- hostile takeover bid
- /ˌhɒstaɪl 'teɪkəυvə bɪd/ nouna takeover where the board of the company do not recommend it to the shareholders and try to fight it
Dictionary of banking and finance. 2015.
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hostile — hos‧tile [ˈhɒstaɪl ǁ ˈhɑːstl, ˈhɑːstaɪl] adjective FINANCE a hostile bid or takeover is one in which a company tries to buy another company whose shareholder S do not want to sell: • They ve managed to fight off a hostile takeover bid. * * * … Financial and business terms
hostile — hos·tile adj 1: having an intimidating, antagonistic, or offensive nature a hostile work environment 2 a: of or relating to an opposing party in a legal action a hostile claim b: adverse to the interests of a party to a legal action if the… … Law dictionary
takeover — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ attempted, proposed ▪ hostile ▪ company, corporate ▪ communist, military … Collocations dictionary
hostile — hos|tile [ˈhɔstaıl US ˈha:stl, ˈha:staıl] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: Latin hostilis, from hostis stranger, enemy ] 1.) angry and deliberately unfriendly towards someone and ready to argue with them ▪ Southampton fans gave their… … Dictionary of contemporary English
hostile — hos|tile [ hastl ] adjective ** ▸ 1 unfriendly/threatening ▸ 2 opposing something ▸ 3 of/done by enemy in war ▸ 4 difficult/dangerous ▸ 5 in business 1. ) behaving in a very unfriendly or threatening way toward someone: The mayor found himself in … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hostile */*/ — UK [ˈhɒstaɪl] / US [ˈhɑst(ə)l] adjective 1) behaving in a very unfriendly or threatening way towards someone The minister found himself in the middle of a hostile crowd. hostile to/towards: She was openly hostile to him. a hostile… … English dictionary
takeover — [[t]te͟ɪkoʊvə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ takeovers 1) N COUNT A takeover is the act of gaining control of a company by buying more of its shares than anyone else. ...the proposed ₤3.4 billion takeover of Midland Bank by the Hong Kong and Shanghai. ...a hostile… … English dictionary
