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nouna credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee
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nouna corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock
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nouna person who acquires something (usually permanently)
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nounthe financial institution that dispenses cash in automated teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued the credit card
Definition that contains acquirer
- target company a company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer
- golden parachute giving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeover
- risk arbitrage arbitrage involving risk; as in the simultaneous purchase of stock in a target company and sale of stock in its potential acquirer; if the takeover fails the arbitrageur may lose a great deal of money
- two-tier bid a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to pay more for the shares needed to gain control than for the remaining shares
- pac-man strategy the target company defends itself by threatening to take over its acquirer
- takeover arbitrage arbitrage involving risk; as in the simultaneous purchase of stock in a target company and sale of stock in its potential acquirer; if the takeover fails the arbitrageur may lose a great deal of money
- white knight a company that is a friendly acquirer in a takeover
- poison pill the target company defends itself by making its stock less attractive to an acquirer
- takeover target a company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer
- any-and-all bid a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to buy any and all shares outstanding