trigger pointnoun [ C ]
ukusan event or a level that is reached that causes a particular action to be taken:
Student loan repayments will be recovered once earnings pass the relevant trigger point.
the trigger point for sth They hold the 1m mark as the trigger point for a stock market flotation of the business.
FINANCE a number of shares in a company that a shareholder owns above which they must take a particular action, for example, take control of the company:
Even though ATD's stake in the company has reached 34.4%, there are no trigger points after which a shareholder must mount a full bid.