TAKEOVER ARBITRAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does takeover arbitrage mean? 

• TAKEOVER ARBITRAGE (noun)
  The noun TAKEOVER ARBITRAGE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: TAKEOVER ARBITRAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKEOVER ARBITRAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

risk arbitrage; takeover arbitrage

Hypernyms ("takeover arbitrage" is a kind of...):

arbitrage (a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price)