Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An acquisition of a firm despite resistance by the target firm's management and board of directors.
Wiktionary
- n. An attempted takeover of a company that is strongly resisted by the target company's management.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Finance) the purchase of a controlling interest in a publicly-traded company against the wishes of the current management.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a takeover that is resisted by the management of the target company
Examples
“Demon Ted part of a hostile takeover of the Stork Works — Ted Ball.”
“The confusion stemmed in part from the “other ITT,” ITT Corporation, which at the time was fighting off a hostile takeover by Hilton.”
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