Definition of "takeover" in Anglais

noun

1. (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.

2. (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.

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

   • 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.

verb

1. Misspelling of take over.