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Definitions: Takeover |
TakeoverNoun1. A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force. 2. A change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "takeover" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1991. (references) |
Synonyms: TakeoverSynonyms: coup (n), coup d'etat (n), putsch (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Takeover |
| English words defined with "takeover": anti-takeover defense, any-and-all bid ♦ bear hug, bust-up takeover ♦ crown jewel ♦ friendly takeover ♦ golden parachute, greenmail ♦ hostile takeover ♦ killer bee ♦ lock-up option ♦ porcupine provision, proxy fight ♦ risk arbitrage ♦ self-destructive, shark repellent, Sleeping Beauty, stock buyback, suicidal ♦ takeover arbitrage, takeover attempt, takeover bid, takeover target, target company, two-tier bid ♦ white knight. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "takeover": anti takeover measure, assisted merger ♦ corporate raider ♦ golden parachute clause ♦ TYMNET. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You people want to take this away from me?! Why, so you can crawl in after I've gone? That's what you people can never understand: you take one away, and another will always fill his place. It's not criminal, it's capitalism. I'm the president and C.E.O and this, well this is a hostile takeover and I like it. (The Accountant; writing credit: Andrew White) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Takeover (1995) Takeover TV (1995) Secret Sex 3: The Takeover (1994) Ho' Style Takeover (1993) Takeover (1991) | |
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Business | AES' hostile takeover acquired control of 87.1 percent of EDC by paying over USD 1.2 billion. (references) | |
The takeover announcement of LG Semicon by Hyundai as part of the inter-conglomerate "Big Deal Swaps" should further strengthen the competitiveness of Korean firms in this industry. (references) | ||
In the summer of 2000, Electricidad de Caracas (EDC), the largest private utility in Venezuela was acquired by AES Corporation after a difficult takeover operation including holds placed by the regulators. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Malaysia | These concerns were magnified when the top management of one of the dailies was removed immediately following the takeover. (references) |
Argentina | There was no new information related to investigations into injuries of persons protesting the labor reform law in 2000 and the 1999 deaths of two persons demonstrating against the Federal Government's takeover of the Corrientes provincial government. (references) | |
Fiji | The Church has displayed strong nationalist sympathies, and a letter of support from the head of the Methodist Church, Reverend Tomasi Kanilagi, to George Speight, the leader of the May 2000 armed takeover of Parliament, was made public in the press in June. (references) | |
Economic History | Syria | The Ba'ath takeover in Syria followed a Ba'ath coup in Iraq the previous month. (references) |
Poland | Hostile takeover attempts are still rare, but have been occurring more frequently. (references) | |
Austria | An independent takeover commission at the Vienna Stock Exchange oversees compliance. (references) | |
Human Rights | Pakistan | Some government officials claimed that President Musharraf issued this decree due to concerns that judges were being bribed to rule against the Government in the court challenges to the military takeover. (references) |
Afghanistan | In 1998 there were credible reports that the Taliban detained hundreds of persons, mostly ethnic Hazaras, after the takeover of Mazar-i-Sharif; the whereabouts of many such persons remained unknown at year's end. (references) | |
Colombia | On July 30, 15 armed paramilitaries killed 1 man and displaced 64 families from the peace community of La Union, Uraba region, and announced a paramilitary takeover of the community, although they did not maintain control. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Indonesia | NGO's assert that violations of the rights of indigenous people are frequent in the mining and logging areas, and that violations stem from the Government's denial of ownership by indigenous people of ancestral land, erosion of indigenous groups' traditional social structure, and forced takeover of land. (references) |
Minorities | Fiji | The special police unit (the Asian Crime Unit) formed to investigate allegations of criminal activity within the Chinese community was not operational during the year; its officers were investigating the armed takeover of Parliament in May 2000. (references) |
Political Economy | Fiji | Following the armed takeover of Parliament and subsequent coup in May 2000, the country's political situation has remained unsettled. (references) |
Political Rights | Fiji | However, until the takeover of Parliament in May 2000, an increasing number of women were rising to prominent positions in politics and public service. (references) |
Fiji | In addition to individuals charged with treason, the police have investigated prominent citizens who allegedly were involved in the takeover of Parliament. (references) | |
China | A number of small "democratic" parties that date from before the Communist takeover in 1949 play a minor consultative role and must pledge their allegiance to the CCP. The CCP retains a tight rein on political decision-making and forbids the creation of new political parties. (references) | |
Trade | Spain | Furthermore, the government has enacted stricter and more comprehensive regulations regarding takeover bids. (references) |
Ireland | In such instances, the Minister will initiate an investigation of the takeover by the Irish Competition Authority prior to issuing a decision. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Ecuador | In a legal strike, workers may take possession of the factory or workplace, thus ending production at the site, and receive police protection during the takeover. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | In response to the request of the Government of South Vietnam, President Eisenhower sent economic aid and military equipment to assist the people of South Vietnam in their efforts to prevent a Communist takeover. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Takeover" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.91% of the time. "Takeover" is used about 1,142 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.91% | 1,141 | 6,712 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,142 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "takeover": anti takeover measure ♦ friendly takeover ♦ hostile takeover ♦ takeover arbitrage ♦ takeover attempt ♦ takeover bid ♦ takeover target. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "takeover": takeover-defence, takeover-threatened. | |
Ending with "takeover": anti-takeover, post-takeover. | |
Containing "takeover": anti-takeover defense. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hostile takeover | 79 |
takeover | 31 |
oracle peoplesoft takeover | 24 |
grasshopper takeover | 19 |
peoplesoft takeover | 14 |
big takeover | 13 |
lease takeover | 11 |
bid hostile takeover | 10 |
definition hostile takeover | 10 |
payment takeover | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "takeover"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | إحتلال (conquest, occupancy, occupation, taking), إستيلاء (appropriation, requisition, seizure). (various references) | |
Chinese | 接管. (various references) | |
Czech | uchopení moci, převzetí firmy. (various references) | |
Danish | giftpille (anti takeover measure, poison pill, shark repellent), forsvar mod fjendtlig overtagelse (anti takeover measure, poison pill, shark repellent), afværgeforanstaltning ved fjendtlig overtagelse (anti takeover measure, poison pill, shark repellent). (various references) | |
Dutch | overval (hasp, hostile takeover bid, looting raid(by thieves), undesired take-over, unfriendly takeover bid), openbaar tegenbod (competing takeover bid), openbaar bod op aandelen (offer to purchase, takeover bid, take-over offer), onvriendelijke overname (hostile takeover), een openbaar bod op aandelen verbieden (to forbid a takeover bid), degene voor wie het bod is bedoeld (addressee of a takeover bid), concurrerend openbaar bod (competing takeover bid), bescherming van degene tot wie het bod wordt gericht (protection of the addressees of takeover bids), anti-overval maatregelen (anti takeover measure, poison pill, shark repellent). (various references) | |
Finnish | myrkkypilleri (anti takeover measure, poison pill, shark repellent), julkinen kilpaileva tarjous (competing takeover bid). (various references) | |
French | offre publique d'achat (takeover bid, take-over offer). (various references) | |
German | Machtergreifung (seizure of power). (various references) | |
Greek | μέτρα κατά χρηματιστηριακής επίθεσης (anti takeover measure, poison pill, shark repellent), anti takeover mesures (anti takeover measure, poison pill, shark repellent). (various references) | |
Hungarian | átvétel (borrowing, receipt, receiving, reception, take over), átvállalás (take over), állami tulajdonba vétel. (various references) | |
Italian | vietare un'offerta pubblica di acquisto (to forbid a takeover bid), repellente antisqualo (anti takeover measure, poison pill, shark repellent), protezione del destinatario dell'offerta (protection of the addressees of takeover bids), OPA concorrente (competing takeover bid), OPA (offer to purchase, takeover bid, take-over offer), offerta pubblica di acquisto "ostile", offerta pubblica di acquisto (offer to purchase, takeover bid, take-over offer), destinatario dell'offerta (addressee of a takeover bid). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 肩替わり (a transfer, shouldering a load, subrogation), 乗っ取り (capture, hijack, skyjacking), 吸収合併 (merger). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きゅうしゅうがっぺい (merger), のっとり (capture, hijack, skyjacking), かたがわり (a transfer, shouldering a load, shouldering another's debt, subrogation). (various references) | |
Korean | 탈취 (seizing). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | akeovertay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | medidas preventivas contra O.P.A.hostil (anti takeover measure, poison pill, shark repellent). (various references) | |
Russian | принимать слияние. (various references) | |
Spanish | toma de posesión (entry, inauguration, seizin), relevo (relaying, relief, replacement, substitution), entrada en funciones (action of assumption), asunción (accession, assumption, Asunción). (various references) | |
Swedish | företagsförvärv (acquisition, take over, take-over). (various references) | |
Thai | การรับมอบตำแหน่ง, การยึ" (clutch). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "takeover": takeovers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "takeover": antitakeover. (additional references) | |
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"Takeover" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: takoever. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "takeover" (pronounced tā"kō'ver) |
| 6 | t ā" k ō' v er | antitakeover. |
| 5 | -ā" k ō' v er | makeover. |
| 3 | -ō' v er | carryover, changeover, crossover, hangover, holdover, layover, leftover, passover, pushover, rollover, spillover, stopover, turnover, voiceover. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: overtake. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-k-o-r-t-v" | |
-1 letter: overate, overeat. | |
-2 letters: evoker, retake, revoke, revote, vetoer. | |
-3 letters: arete, avert, eater, evert, evoke, korat, oater, orate, ovate, overt, rakee, reave, revet, taker, tarok, toker, trave, troak, troke, trove, voter. | |
-4 letters: aero, akee, arvo, aver, eave, ever, kart, keet, keto, kore, okra, over, rake, rate, rato, rave, reek, rete, rota, rote, rove, take, tare, taro, teak, tear, toea, toke, tora, tore, tree, trek, veer, vera, vert, veto, vote. | |
-5 letters: are, ark, art, ate, ave, avo, ear, eat, eke, era, ere, eta, eve, kae, kat, kea, koa, kor, oak, oar, oat, oka, oke, ora, ore, ort, ova, rat, ree, ret, rev, roe, rot, tae, tao, tar, tav, tea, tee, toe, tor, var, vat, vee, vet, voe. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-k-o-r-t-v" | |
+1 letter: overtaken, overtakes, takeovers. | |
+2 letters: overtalked, overtasked. | |
+4 letters: antitakeover. | |
+5 letters: overtalkative. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 6B 65 6F 76 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .- -.- . --- ...- . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01101011 01100101 01101111 01110110 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a k e o v e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 006B 0065 006F 0076 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5467777181887184 |
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