takeover
pronunciation
How to pronounce takeover in British English:
UK [ˈteɪkəʊvə(r)]
How to pronounce takeover in American English:
US [ˈteɪkoʊvə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
- a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation
Word Origin
- takeover (n.)
- 1917, "an act of taking over," from verbal phrase take over (1884), from take (v.) + over (adv.). Attested from 1958 in the corporate sense.
Example
- 1. The likely takeover of merrill lynch is another one .
- 2. Pakistan is not at imminent risk of a fundamentalist takeover .
- 3. Many hbos executives who lost their jobs in the lloyds takeover took a one-year salary entitlement and other benefits .
- 4. A full takeover makes sense .
- 5. And it risks becoming a takeover target itself .