takeovern.
/ˈteɪkˌəʊvə/, U.S. /ˈteɪkˌoʊvər/ 1. The action or an act of transferring, adopting, or appropriating something; something transferred, adopted, or appropriated; a carry-over.
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the world > movement > transference > [noun]
translationc1384
remevement1437
translatingc1454
transferring1573
remove1582
transplantation1606
transactiona1608
removal1610
transumption1615
transduction1656
diabasis1672
transference1766
transfer1785
transferrala1790
transplanting1790
takeover1909
rollover1941
1909 H. S. Canby Short Story in Eng. ix. 199 Alnaschar is a take-over of the famous tale of the basket of glasses which the unhappy dreamer shivered to pieces.
1911 Fra Mar. 164/2 On the customs of the time there was no copyright. They were a take-over from monarchial days.
1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) i. v. 64 Joyce's Bloom is a deliberate takeover from [Charlie] Chaplin.
1980 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 28 Oct. wa-5/8 3 bedrooms, 1½ baths, good loan takeover, nice patio overlooking woods.
2000 R. Middleton in J. Potter Cambr. Compan. Singing iii. 40 Its [sc. rock music's] takeover from African-American music of ways of treating instruments as would-be voices.
2.
a. The action or an act of assuming control of or responsibility for something.
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the mind > possession > taking > [noun] > taking over
adoption1825
takeover1910
1910 Amer. Gas Light Jrnl. 12 Sept. 482/2 It is understood that the purchasers will assume the management of the property as soon as the necessary formalities to the takeover have been complied with.
1917 Acts 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.
1921 W. 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.
1946 Sun (Baltimore) 10 Aug. 4/7 Special consideration was being given to the planning of a smooth take-over of UNRA facilities.
1954 Newsweek 11 Oct. 66/1 A solid hour without the relief of a teammate's take-over..seemed..a strain at times.
1968 Times 16 Dec. 7/1 An attempt at a Ministry takeover and a threat to a much valued independence.
2010 Vanity Fair Dec. 172/2 Newt Gingrich..elected Speaker of the House following the Republican takeover of 1994.
b. Business. The assumption of control or ownership of one company by another, esp. by the acquisition of the majority of its shares.hostile takeover, reverse takeover: see the first element.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > assumption of control by other company
takeover1936
reverse takeover1962
buyout1976
1936 Economist 18 July 135/2 The assets purchased from the Ebbw Vale Company as a whole have, during the eight and a half months since the date of take-over, earned a gross profit sufficient to twice cover the bank interest on the purchase price.
1951 Winnipeg Free Press 21 Dec. 21/7 Prices recently had moved higher on rumors of takeovers and mergers with several companies mentioned.
a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1976) II. 201 This afternoon Tony Wedgwood Benn made a Statement on the Chrysler take-over of Rootes.
1980 D. Williams Murder for Treasure xvi. 156 The alarms and excursions that could attend the last stages of a take-over.
2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 27 Aug. c3/1 The acquisition is the second Indian takeover of a British company in two days.
c. A seizure of power from a government; a coup.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > revolution > [noun] > coup d'état
coup d'état1646
stroke of state1783
pronunciamiento1833
coup1852
takeover1939
1939 Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gaz. 20 Mar. 12/1 He..frequently buried his face in his hands as news reporters told of the takeover of Prague, Bohemia, and Moravia by Hitler.
1954 W. W. Rostow Prospects for Communist China vi. 127 The Chinese armed forces played a role in the takeover in 1949.
1966 Listener 10 Mar. 339/1 It is just over a week since the military take-over in Ghana and the dismissal of Dr Nkrumah.
2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 22 Feb. i. 3/1 The takeovers have given the militants control of large swaths of the country.
Compounds
C1. General attributive (chiefly in sense 2b), as takeover activity, takeover approach, takeover attempt, takeover battle, takeover plan, takeover target, etc.
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1934 Columbia Law Rev. 34 694 A bill for an ancillary receivership of an insurance company was filed in the federal court nine minutes before the state superintendent petitioned the state court for a takeover order.
1946 Sun (Baltimore) 25 Sept. 12/1 I am giving this ‘take-over’ plan the pitiless publicity it deserves.
1948 Times 13 Mar. 7/2 The discount on the shares narrowed slightly to 2½ per cent. to 2 per cent. below take-over values.
1954 R. Sutcliff Eagle of Ninth i. 11 After the formal take-over ceremony in the forum, the old garrison marched out.
1957 Economist 28 Dec. 1150/2 This is a legitimate dramatic view of a takeover struggle.
1972 Accountant 17 Aug. 211/1 Take-over activity serves a dual purpose.
1977 Business Week 16 May 160/1 Most takeover attempts in the past year have started as Bear Hugs.
1989 J. Taylor Circus of Ambition i. 17 Virtually every publicly held company became a potential takeover target.
1999 Daily Tel. 24 Feb. 31/5 The three non-execs..are thought to be encouraging a rival takeover approach for Wembley and its stadium.
2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 9 Nov. b4/6 The order forces Kraft to formalize its takeover offer or walk away for at least six months.
C2.
takeover bid n. Business an offer made to the shareholders of a company to buy their shares at a specified price, in order to gain control of that company; (in extended use) an attempt to seize power or control.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > assumption of control by other company > bid
takeover bid1949
1949 Times 17 Sept. 8/2 United of Havana stocks were also strong, demand for them being stimulated by reports that an American syndicate had made a take-over bid.
1959 Listener 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.
1965 E. F. Russell Somewhere a Voice 88 I could make a takeover bid for the chief of police and preside over the search for myself.
2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 8 Sept. a17/3 For Cadbury's Mr. Stitzer, the takeover bid from Kraft marks a fresh turn in an up-and-down, six-year tenure as CEO.
takeover bidder n. Business a person or company who makes a takeover bid.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > one who makes take-over bid
takeover bidder1953
suitor1967
1953 Financial Times 26 Sept. 2/3 The scope for take-over bidders has just about disappeared.
2011 L. Jones Introd. Business Law xvii. 560 They allotted shares to a prospective takeover bidder to thwart the current shareholders voting against the takeover.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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