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单词 anti-takeover
释义
anti-takeover
adjective
(alsoantitakeover)
uk/ˌæn.tiˈteɪk.əʊ.vər/us
/ˌæn.taɪˈteɪk.oʊ.vɚ/
opposedto orintendedtopreventatakeover(= when onecompanygetscontrolof anothercompanybybuyingenough ofitsshares):
The company'sboardrecentlyapprovedanti-takeoverprovisions.
Thestatehasrecentlyenactedanti-takeoverlegislation.
More examples
  • Theincidentledto asharpincreasein thenumberofcompaniesadoptinganti-takeoverdefencemeasures.
  • Thistrendappearsto be theresultof theadoptionof anti-takeoverdevicesby manypubliccompanies.
  • They have thestrongestpossibleantitakeoverdefences.
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(Definition ofanti-takeoverfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

anti-takeover| Business English

anti-takeover
adjective[before noun]
uk
us
FINANCE
used todescribetheactionsacompanytakestopreventit from beingboughtby another:
anti-takeover defences/measures/provisionsTheboardwould like ahigherpriceinexchangefordroppingitsanti-takeoverdefensesandenteringinto afriendlymergeragreement.
(Definition ofanti-takeoverfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofanti-takeover

anti-takeover
The ability of shareholders and the market to constrain or sanction such behavior is supposedly limited by proxy voting procedures andanti-takeoverprotections.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A company with ananti-takeoverclause is attractive to its employees.
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Therefore, an employee share option plan goes along with ananti-takeoverprovision.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is why we have put in place the time-limitedanti-takeoverprovisions that are being debated today.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is a perfectly legitimate point, and another reason for having a time-limitedanti-takeoverprovision.
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Hansard archive
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I do not think that using them as a cloak for trade unionism control or as ananti-takeoverdevice is one of their attractions.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In some cases, a scorched-earth defense may develop into an extremeanti-takeoverdefense called a "poison pill".
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They aid by utilizing variousanti-takeoverstrategies, thereby making the target company economically unattractive and acquisition more costly.
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