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Takeovers

All the words and definitions in this exercise come from the Longman Business English Dictionary.

These are words/phrases used to describe takeover bids in the business media:

Decide which phrase would be used in each of the stories below.

 Longman Business English Dictionary

dawn raid
poison pill
paper bid
scorched-earth policy
leveraged buyout
creeping takeover
1. There are reports that one local company is selling off its most valuable assets to prevent a takeover.

Phrase used:

2. It turns out that a well-known company has borrowed money in order to take another company over.

Phrase used:

3. You read that another company has been taken over by a company which bought up a large number of shares early in the day's trading.

Phrase used:

4. You read that, as a shareholder, you are likely to be offered shares as part of a rival company's attempt to take over your company.

Phrase used:

5. You subsequently read that your company has limited the amount of stock that can be bought at one time, to make it difficult for any other companies to take it over.

Phrase used:

6. There are rumours that a large manufacturer has been buying shares in a rival company over a period of time and may be hoping to take it over.

Phrase used:


   
     
     
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