Flashcard de vocabular TOEIC

Take over = Acquire = to get control of a company by buying enough of the shares in it

Takeover = Acquisition  = the act of taking over a company​

• In 2006, Google acquired Youtube for $1.65 billion. 
• The acquisition frenzy has coincided with an era of historically low-interest rates.
• The $165 billion acquisition between America Online and Time Warner Inc. comes in at number two in our list of biggest takeovers in history.
• The company he works for has recently been taken over.
• The company made a takeover bid for one of its rivals.

​Take over = Acquire = to get control of a company by buying enough of the shares in it

Takeover = Acquisition  = the act of taking over a company

• The new acquisition will bring cutting-edge technology to our business, allowing us to expand our offerings to customers.
• The acquisition of a rival company is expected to give our business a significant boost in the industry.
• Yahoo is making a last-ditch effort to thwart the hostile takeover by Microsoft.

Breach as noun means an act of breaking a rule, law, custom, or practice. Breach as a verb means to break a rule, law, custom, or practice.

Breach as a verb

Merge = to combine together

Merger = an occasion when two or more companies join together to make one larger company

Megamerger = the joining of two large corporations, typically in a transaction worth billions of dollars, into one new legal entity.

• To save the business, our company decided to merge it with one of our competitors.
• A merger negotiation between the two companies has reached its final stage.
• Corporation's executives could benefit greatly from the megamerger, while the employees worried about possible job losses. 

Merge = to combine together

Merger = an occasion when two or more companies join together to make one larger company

Megamerger = the joining of two large corporations, typically in a transaction worth billions of dollars, into one new legal entity.

• A merger negotiation between the two companies has reached its final stage.
• Corporation's executives could benefit greatly from the megamerger, while the employees worried about possible job losses. 

Take over = to start doing a job for something that another person did or had responsibility for before

• James took over as manager two weeks ago.
• I am assigned to take over this project while Bob is away.
• John is getting a promotion. He is going to take over as production manager at our factory in Vietnam.

Take over = Acquire = to get control of a company by buying enough of the shares in it

Takeover = Acquisition  = the act of taking over a company

• The company he works for has recently been taken over.
• The company made a takeover bid for one of its rivals.

​Take over = Acquire = to get control of a company by buying enough of the shares in it

Takeover = Acquisition  = the act of taking over a company

• The board of directors had the final say in approving the takeover.
• The takeover was seen as a strategic move to expand the company's operations. 
• The acquisition was considered a friendly takeover as both companies agreed on the deal.
• The takeover was expected to increase the acquiring company's market share.
• The company made a takeover bid for one of its rivals.
• The hostile takeover bid by technology giant Microsoft for social media giant Twitter caused a stir in the tech industry.
• The hostile takeover attempt by oil and gas company Chevron for Anadarko Petroleum raised concerns about the future of the energy industry.

A tender offer is a bid to purchase some or all of shareholders' stock in a corporation. Tender offers are typically made publicly and invite shareholders to sell their shares for a specified price and within a particular window of time. The price offered is usually at a premium to the market price.

• The acquiring company has officially commenced its cash tender offer for the target company.
• A publicly-traded company may issue a tender offer with the intent to buy back its own outstanding shares on the market.