"blank check company" meaning in English

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        "head": "blank check company"
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      "expansion": "blank check company (plural blank check companies)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Business",
          "orig": "en:Business",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 June 20, Michael J. de la Merced, “Burger King Rejoins the Public Markets”, NYTimes.com",
          "text": "Burger King is returning to the market through a combination with Justice Holdings, a so-called blank-check company run by Nicolas Berggruen and Martin Franklin. Formally known as a special purpose acquisition vehicle, it is essentially a shell company with a stock listing that aims to find and merge with a privately held corporation. Such entities essentially give private companies a quick and easy way to enter the public markets."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A company that exists solely for the purpose of merging with or acquiring another entity."
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          "business",
          "business"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(business, informal) A company that exists solely for the purpose of merging with or acquiring another entity."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "SPAC#Noun"
        },
        {
          "word": "blank-check company"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "blank check company"
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      "form": "blank check companies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "blank check company (plural blank check companies)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English informal terms",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Business"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 June 20, Michael J. de la Merced, “Burger King Rejoins the Public Markets”, NYTimes.com",
          "text": "Burger King is returning to the market through a combination with Justice Holdings, a so-called blank-check company run by Nicolas Berggruen and Martin Franklin. Formally known as a special purpose acquisition vehicle, it is essentially a shell company with a stock listing that aims to find and merge with a privately held corporation. Such entities essentially give private companies a quick and easy way to enter the public markets."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A company that exists solely for the purpose of merging with or acquiring another entity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ]
      ],
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        "(business, informal) A company that exists solely for the purpose of merging with or acquiring another entity."
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      "topics": [
        "business"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "blank-check company"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blank check company"
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