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ˈtake-over orig. U.S.
Also take over, takeover.
[f. vbl. phr. to take over: see take v. 90.]
1. An act of taking over (see take v. 90 b). Also, that which is adopted or transferred.
1917Acts State New Jersey xiv. 33 Take Over, the action by the department in assuming the control and maintenance of any part or parts of the State Highway System. 1921W. S. Churchill Let. 1 June in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1977) IV. Compan. iii. 1489 The whole principle of the ‘take over’ was to show the actual net cost of Mesopotamia in one vote. 1928Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry VII. 885 The accessory left ear movement may be a takeover of the same activity during nursing. 1930J. B. Priestley Good Compan. iii. i. 479 They want four thousand, lock, stock, and barrel, except the usual take⁓overs. 1932M. Joynt tr. Gougaud's Christianity in Celtic Lands iii. 63 A direct take over of the monastic doctrines of the East. 1946Sun (Baltimore) 10 Aug. 4/7 Special consideration was being given to the planning of a smooth take-over of UNRA facilities. 1954Newsweek 11 Oct. 66/1 A solid hour without the relief of a teammate's take-over..seemed..a strain at times. 1964M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) i. v. 64 Joyce's Bloom is a deliberate takeover from [Charlie] Chaplin. 1968Times 16 Dec. 7/1 An attempt at a Ministry take⁓over and a threat to a much valued independence. 1980News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 28 Oct. wa–5/8, 3 bedrooms, 1½ baths, good loan takeover, nice patio overlooking woods.
2. A (usu. forcible) assumption of power or government; a military coup.
1957Economist 28 Sept. 1023/2 The change in military personnel in Syria has not been followed yet by any complete communist take-over. 1966Listener 10 Mar. 339/1 It is just over a week since the military take-over in Ghana and the dismissal of Dr Nkrumah. 1977Arab Times 14 Dec. 3/1 The black takeover in Zambia. 1980Sunday Times 21 Sept. 18/1 The military takeover in Turkey nine days ago.
3. Econ. The assumption of control or ownership of a business concern by another company, esp. by the acquisition of the majority of its shares, either by agreement or after a take-over bid.
1958Bull & Vice Bid for Power 13 A take-over is intelligible only in the light of subsequent developments. 1959Punch 16 Sept. 177/2 A surge of sentiment for Harrods has set in since the Fraser take-over. a1974R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 201 This afternoon Tony Wedgwood Benn made a Statement on the Chrysler take⁓over of Rootes. 1980D. Williams Murder for Treasure xvi. 156 The alarms and excursions that could attend the last stages of a take-over.
4. a. attrib., as take-over activity, take-over battle, take-over plan, etc.
1946Sun (Baltimore) 25 Sept. 12/1, I am giving this ‘take-over’ plan the pitiless publicity it deserves. 1948Times 13 Mar. 7/2 The discount on the shares narrowed slightly to 2½ per cent. to 2 per cent. below take-over values. 1954R. Sutcliff Eagle of Ninth i. 11 After the formal take-over ceremony in the forum, the old garrison marched out. 1957Economist 28 Dec. 1150/2 This is a legitimate dramatic view of a takeover struggle. 1972Accountant 17 Aug. 211/1 Take-over activity serves a dual purpose. 1981Times 13 Oct. 16/4 Takeover fever produced some bright spots in banks.
b. Special Comb.: take-over bid, an attempt or offer to gain a controlling interest in a business concern sufficient to take it over (take v. 90 b); also transf. and fig.; hence take-over bidder.
1953Times 10 Nov. 5/9 A certain type of financial operation described in general terms by Lord Hacking—the recent epidemic of ‘take-over bids’. 1959Listener 24 Sept. 501/1 The take-over bid [for the television audience] was made by A.B.C. who put back their usual production time by an hour. 1965E. F. Russell Somewhere a Voice 88, I could make a takeover bid for the chief of police and preside over the search for myself. 1979L. Meynell Hooky & Villainous Chauffeur ii. 27 A whole series of trusts, transfers, holding companies and take-over bids had put him close to his million [pounds]. 1982Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Nov. 1281 There is, after all, no limit to the potential fissiparity of national feeling in a world where the United Nations exists to discourage takeover bids.
1958Punch 27 Aug. 287/1 The voice of the take-over bidder has recently been heard loud, clear and sometimes discordant over the market. 1966Observer 13 Nov. 7/6 With take-over bidders out in force last week, the stock market had more excitement than for some time past. |