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Definition: Tender Offer |
Tender OfferNoun1. An offer to buy shares in a corporation (usually above the market price) for cash or securities or both. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Finance | A method of selling securities. The seller sets a price(the tender price)at which he is prepared to sell the securities. Offers are invited and applicants state what price they are prepared to pay; nothing below the tender price is acceptable. After a specified time, the securities go to the highest bidders. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A public offer to buy shares of stock from existing stockholders of one public corporation by another company or other organization under specified terms good for a stated time period. The offer is for stockholders to "tender" (surrender) their holdings for a stated price, usually at a premium above the current market price. The offer is made subject to the buyer being able to obtain at least a minimum number and no more than a maximum number of shares. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Tender Offer |
| English words defined with "tender offer": Tendry. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "tender offer": Tendry. (references) |
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Economic History | Japan | Stock market-based takeovers of listed firms via tender offer, as widely practiced in the United States and parts of Europe--both friendly and hostile--remain extremely rare in Japan. (references) |
Philippines | The new Code requires the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) to "demutualize" (i.e., convert to a stock company) by August 8, 2001. Other provisions strengthen investor protection by: limiting exchange ownership for any one industry or business group (including brokers) to 20 percent; codifying the full disclosure approach to the regulation of public offerings; tightening rules on insider trading; segregating broker-dealer functions; outlining rules on mandatory tender offer requirements; significantly increasing sanctions for violations of securities laws and regulations; and mandating steps to improve the internal management of the stock exchange and future securities exchanges. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; 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 |
tender offer | 21 |
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| Language | Translations for "tender offer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tilbud efter tendersystemet (invitation to tender, offer for sale by tender), tender offer, modtagelse af bud til genkøbsforretninger, købstilbud. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tender (drilling barge, drilling tender, floating tender, tender), offerte-aanvraag, aanbesteding (adjudication, automatic public tendering, Dutch auction, invitation to tender, offer for sale by tender, public tender, tender). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tarjouspyyntö, julkinen ostotarjous. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | procédure des appels d'offres, offre par adjudication (invitation to tender, offer for sale by tender), appel d'offre, adjudication (automatic public tendering, tender). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Tenderverfahren (invitation to tender, offer for sale by tender), Ausschreibung (advertising, announcement, calling, filling out, invitation of tenders, invitation to bid, making out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δημοπρασία τίτλων "ημόσιου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | richiesta di offerta, offerta per aggiudicazione (invitation to tender, offer for sale by tender), offerta all'asta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 式公開買付制度 (take-over bid, TOB). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かぶしき"うかいかいつけせいど (take-over bid, TOB). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | endertay offeray oferta por adjudicação (invitation to tender, offer for sale by tender), adjudicação por propostas. (various references) subasta de fondos, subasta (adjudication, auction, auction market, automatic public tendering, bidding, clock auction, Dutch auction, sale, tender), oferta por adjudicación (invitation to tender, offer for sale by tender), licitación (bid, submission, tender). (various references) tenderoffer, uppköpserbjudande. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-f-f-n-o-r-r-t" | |
-2 letters: refronted, reoffered. | |
-3 letters: deferent, efferent, ferreted, forefeet, forefend, offender, referent, tenderer. | |
-4 letters: entered, enterer, erodent, forfend, fronted, fronter, offered, offerer, oftener, reenter, refront, reoffer, terreen, terrene, troffer. | |
-5 letters: defter, denote, doffer, droner, effete, effort, entree, eterne, feeder, fender, ferret, fonder, needer, offend, redone, reefed, reefer, refeed, reffed, render, rented, renter, retene, retore, retorn, rodent, teener, tender, teredo, toffee. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 6E 64 65 72      4F 66 66 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01101110 01100100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01001111 01100110 01100110 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e n d e r   O f f e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 006E 0064 0065 0072      004F 0066 0066 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54718070718424972727184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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