TAKEOVER BID

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An offer to buy shares in order to take over the company

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("takeover bid" is a kind of...):

tender offer (an offer to buy shares in a corporation (usually above the market price) for cash or securities or both)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "takeover bid"):

two-tier bid (a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to pay more for the shares needed to gain control than for the remaining shares)

any-and-all bid (a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to buy any and all shares outstanding)