takeover
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takeover
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Deverbal from take over.
noun takeovers · take-over
- 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. 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.
- The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.
- A time or event in which control or authority, especially over a facility is passed from one party to the next. 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.
- An event at which teens gather in public and act out; a street takeover.
verb take-over
- Misspelling of take over
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: putsch, coup, buyout, encashment, purchase, buy-out, procurement, buy-back, buyback, buy, receivership, trusteeship, trade-in, buying, purchasing, possession
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noun the purchase of a private company
| 日本語 | 乗っ取り nottori, 買収 baishū |
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| 中文 | 兼併 /兼并 jiānbìng |
| Português | aquisição |
| Français | prise de contrôle, acquisition |
| Deutsch | Geschäftsübernahme, Übernahme |
| Русский | поглоще́ние pogloščénije, приобрете́ние priobreténije |
noun transfer of control
| Español | toma / tomada / tomadura de / del control |
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Talk about this word "takeover." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/takeover. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. takeover. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/takeover "takeover." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/takeover.Cite this
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title = {takeover},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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