takeover (bid)

takeover (bid) definition - legal

n

An attempt to assume control or management of a corporation by another corporation, generally by purchase of all outstanding stock. 

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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