"takeover" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-takeover.ogg Forms: takeovers [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from take over. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|take over}} Deverbal from take over Head templates: {{en-noun}} takeover (plural takeovers)
  1. (economics) The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase. Categories (topical): Economics Translations (the purchase of a private company): 兼併 (Chinese Mandarin), 兼并 (jiānbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), převzetí [neuter] (Czech), overtagelse [common-gender] (Danish), yritysosto (Finnish), valtaus (english: hostile) (Finnish), prise de contrôle [feminine] (French), acquisition [feminine] (French), Geschäftsübernahme [feminine] (German), Übernahme [feminine] (German), 乗っ取り (nottori) (alt: のっとり) (Japanese), 買収 (baishū) (alt: ばいしゅう) (Japanese), overtakelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), overtagelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), przejęcie [neuter] (Polish), akwizycja [feminine] (Polish), aquisição [feminine] (Portuguese), поглоще́ние (pogloščénije) [neuter] (Russian), приобрете́ние (priobreténije) [neuter] (Russian), prevzatie (Slovak), devir (Turkish), поглинання (pohlynannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian) Translations (the purchase of a public company): opkøb [neuter] (Danish), yritysosto (Finnish), overtakelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), overtagelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), przejęcie [neuter] (Polish), akwizycja [feminine] (Polish)
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  2. (economics, UK) The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Economics
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  3. A time or event in which control or authority, especially over a facility is passed from one party to the next. Translations (transfer of control): overtagelse [common-gender] (Danish), haltuunotto (Finnish), overtakelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), overtagelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), przejęcie [neuter] (Polish), prevzatie (Slovak)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: take-over Derived forms: hostile takeover, reverse takeover, takeover artist, takeover bid Related terms: take over, buyout, merger, sellout, tender offer

Verb [English]

Audio: en-us-takeover.ogg
Etymology: Deverbal from take over. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|take over}} Deverbal from take over Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} takeover
  1. Alternative form of take over Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: take over
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: take-over

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "the purchase of a private company",
      "word": "兼併"
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      "word": "aquisição"
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