takeover
/tˈeɪkˌoʊvɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.
British usage
noun
A time or event in which control or authority, especially over a facility is passed from one party to the next.
verb
Misspelling of take over.
Example Sentences
- "If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry."
- "Revollo was absent when Bolivian police and the navy captain arrived at dawn, and the base takeover came off without problems, according to a U.S. narcotics official."
- "The incident erupted as tensions simmered over Donald Trump’s looming takeover of DC and his administration’s use of force to brutally achieve his anti-migrant agenda."