Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hostile takeover

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables: hos-tile -takeover
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An attempted takeover of a company that is strongly resisted by the target company's management.

Inflected Forms

hostile takeovers (plural)

Questions

What does hostile takeover mean?: An attempted takeover of a company that is strongly resisted by the target company's management.

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