TAKEOVER TARGET

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer

Synonyms:

takeover target; target company

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("takeover target" is a kind of...):

company (an institution created to conduct business)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "takeover target"):

sleeping beauty (a potential takeover target that has not yet been put in play)

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