Takeover

Quick meaning: Takeover is a noun meaning A time or event in which control or authority, especially over a facility is passed from one party to the next.

Meaning

A time or event in which control or authority, especially over a facility is passed from one party to the next.

More Meanings

1. Misspelling of take over.
2. (economics) 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.
3. (economics, UK) The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.

Example Sentences

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.

The incident erupted as tensions simmered over Donald Trump’s looming takeover of DC and his administration’s use of force to brutally achieve his anti-migrant agenda.

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.

Word Forms

• takeovers
• take-over

Synonyms for takeover

Depending on context, synonyms include coup, putsch.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include putsch, coup, buyout, encashment, purchase, buy-out.

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