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TARGET COMPANY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer
Synonyms:
takeover target; target company
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("target company" is a kind of...):
company (an institution created to conduct business)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "target company"):
sleeping beauty (a potential takeover target that has not yet been put in play)
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