SAFE HARBOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does safe harbor mean? 

• SAFE HARBOR (noun)
  The noun SAFE HARBOR has 1 sense:

1. the target company defends itself by acquiring a company so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive

  Familiarity information: SAFE HARBOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAFE HARBOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The target company defends itself by acquiring a company so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the acquisition gave the company a safe harbor

Hypernyms ("safe harbor" is a kind of...):

porcupine provision; shark repellent (a measure undertaken by a corporation to discourage unwanted takeover attempts)