government takeover

collocation in English

meaningsofgovernmentandtakeover

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government
noun
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
the group of people who officially control ...
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takeover
noun[C]
uk
/ˈteɪkˌəʊ.vər/us
/ˈteɪkˌoʊ.vɚ/
a situation in which a company gets control of another company by buying enough of ...
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(Definition ofgovernmentandtakeoverfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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While agrarian voices demanded agovernmenttakeoverof the express market, the department presented a more cautious front.
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Several major institutions either failed, were acquired under duress, or were subject togovernmenttakeover.
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However, other sources contend the bills do amount to either agovernmenttakeoveror a corporate takeover, or both.
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In 2006, following thegovernmenttakeoverof cricket administration, he was removed.
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It's conservative in that we're not getting agovernmenttakeover.
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As rail passenger service became increasingly unprofitable, largely due to rising automobile ownership,governmenttakeoverprevented abandonment and dismantlement.
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And we've heard on this floor,governmenttakeoverof health care.
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Some see carbon trading as agovernmenttakeoverof the free market.
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Despite thegovernmenttakeover, insurgents still operate underground in the city.
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Within weeks of thegovernmenttakeover, arrest warrants had been issued for 82 of its directors and managers.
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It also set the stage for thegovernmenttakeoverof rural lands in the name of political stability.
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Paulsen opposes a public health care option, saying it would represent agovernmenttakeoverof health care.
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She led the section until thegovernmenttakeoverof the hospital in 1976.
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However, the government had guaranteed payment of interest and dividends on the securities of the private railroads resulting in a strong incentive forgovernmenttakeoverof failing railroads.
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His party's platform called for the nationalization of natural resources, and government takeovers of plants that were in financial jeopardy.
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