takeover

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. (UK) The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.
3. A time or event in which control or authority, especially over a facility is passed from one party to the next.

Verb

Misspelling of take over.

Synonyms

putsch

capture

take-over

coup

coup d’etat

seizure

taking

acquisition

revolution

sequestration

sit-in

skyjacking

subrogation

transfer

usurpation

seizure of power

shouldering a load

buy-out

dethroning

hijack

insurrection

merger

mutiny

preoccupation

Translations

Übernahme

prise de pouvoir

acquisition

prise de contrôle

absorción

aquisição

insediamento

incorporação

Machtergreifung

coup d’état

rachat

🛍️

absorption

السيطرة

Machtübernahme

Etymology

Deverbal from take over.