| 单词 | greenmail |
| 释义 | greenmail noun[U] STOCK MARKETuk/ˈɡriːnmeɪl/ustheactofbuyingenoughsharesin acompanyto beabletocontrolit, inordertoforcetheownersof thecompanytobuyback thesesharesat a very highprice: The stockmarkets are notyetfreeof greenmail. Compare blackmailnoun greenmail verb[T] STOCK MARKETuk/ˈɡriːnmeɪl/ustobuyenoughsharesin acompanyto beabletocontrolit, inordertosellthem again at a very highprice: Did hewantto greenmail thecompanyintobuyinghim out at afatprofit? Compare blackmailverb Examplesofgreenmailgreenmail All manner of exotic devices have been invented to avoid that—golden parachutes, shark repellent, pacmac defences,greenmailand so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The practice ofgreenmailis not typically considered a tactic of private equity investors and is not condoned by market participants. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Greenmailis when someone buys a large block of a company's stock and threatens to take over the company unless he is paid a substantial premium over his purchase price. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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