Synonym: coup, coup d'etat, putsch. Similar words: take over, makeover, make over, overtake, take cover, take out, takeout, takeoff. Meaning: n. 1. 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.
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151, This, therefore, set the scene for a three-way takeover battle for the future of Rowntree.
152, I find it really depressing that a city as diverse as New York has succumbed to this kind of corporate takeover.
153, Hopes that political stability will encourage a bout of takeover activity, directed attention at all the old bid chestnuts.
154, T Cowie was not successful in its £32m hostile takeover bid for Henlys.
155, Several retailers are expected to be takeover candidates as a slowing economy reduces sales and profits, analysts said.
156, This kind of legal legerdemain is one of the most damaging legacies of the takeover binge of the 1980s.
157, The purchase triggered takeover laws requiring Mediobanca to make an identical public bid.
158, In the long run, however, adroit its marketing, takeover may be the only solution.
159, He rose to city editor, and survived the Gannett takeover, remaining until 1985.
160, And initial notification of such a takeover bid is almost never made by letter, for secrecy reasons.
161, Dixons has seen its fortunes fall steadily since its abortive takeover assault on Woolworth in 1986.
162, If implemented, this will be a serious blow to takeover specialists.
163, They are said to be generally positive to the takeover but still need to achieve certain comfort levels.
164, Oil giants such as Getty were stalked by takeover wildcatter T Boone Pickens and swallowed whole by others.
165, Fund management launched a $ 3.9-billion hostile takeover bid -- an unprecedented move in a generally cozy industry.
165, Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and build good sentences.
166, It was in that kind of environment that the Takeover Panel started its life from small beginnings and with a light touch.
167, Morland rejects: Small independent brewer Morland last night rejected a £101.3m takeover bid from larger rival Greene King.
168, This threat of takeover may act as an effective discipline in some cases, although it is hard to prove.
169, A valuation of a smaller company must take account of its potential as a takeover target.
170, Mandatory offer A takeover offer required to be made under Rule 9 of the City Code.
171, Kingfisher's bid comes little more than three years after it fought off a £1.8billion takeover attempt by Dixons.
172, The attitude to foreign takeovers is now considered by studying the contested takeover for Rowntree.
173, Round one to Morlands ... brewery fight off hostile takeover.
174, If they discovered evidence of share dealing ahead of the takeover by individuals using confidential information they would institute more formal inquiries.
175, Reports of atrocities had followed the takeover by the rebels of the town of Lalaua in Nampula province on 29 June.
176, Despite rumours of a coup, most people believe the army has been sufficiently depoliticised to make a takeover unlikely.
177, There are other constraints on the firm's capital, however, most importantly perhaps, the takeover constraint.
178, Currently, phonics advocates are painting whole word theory advocates as products of the hippie takeover of education in the 1970s.
179, Last year Pilkington was regarded as the company still most likely to face a takeover bid, according to analysts.
180, An example was Chau Hon, who continued to run his bakery after the Communist takeover.
More similar words: take over, makeover, make over, overtake, take cover, take out, takeout, takeoff, take off, take on, partake of, be over, ice over, come over, pore over, tide over, moreover, give over, bridge over, glance over, freeze over, preside over, overtaking, mover and shaker, take the cake, make a mistake, over and over, from cover to cover, over and over again, make out.