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SUICIDE PILL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does suicide pill mean?
• SUICIDE PILL (noun)
The noun SUICIDE PILL has 1 sense:
1. a poison pill with potentially catastrophic implications for the company it is intended to protect
Familiarity information: SUICIDE PILL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A poison pill with potentially catastrophic implications for the company it is intended to protect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("suicide pill" is a kind of...):
poison pill (the target company defends itself by making its stock less attractive to an acquirer)
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