takeover

or take-o·ver

[ teyk-oh-ver ]

noun

1. the act of seizing, appropriating, or arrogating authority, control, management, etc.
2. an acquisition or gaining control of a corporation through the purchase or exchange of stock.

Other Words From

• anti·takeover adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of takeover¹

First recorded in 1940–45; noun use of verb phrase take over

Example Sentences

The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, looks at how stressful situations like takeover threats and economic crises impact the appearance and long-term health of CEOs.

From Quartz

GIF SourceA brand takeover is a full-screen ad that appears on users’ devices when they open TikTok for the first time a day.

From Search Engine Watch

One great thing about brand takeovers is that you can link them to your TikTok profile, website, or a hashtag challenge page.

From Search Engine Watch

In comments after the deal announcement, Huang said his team “fully expect to spend time with the regulatory bodies in China,” but have every confidence in getting approval for the takeover.

From Fortune

Under the dominant Friedman paradigm, corporations were constantly harried by all the mechanisms that shareholders had available—shareholder resolutions, takeovers, and hedge fund activism—to keep them narrowly focused on stockholder returns.

From Fortune

Certainly his clothes support this notion of impending takeover.

From The Daily Beast

They financed the Republican takeover of the New York State Senate.

From The Daily Beast

Aside from the obvious “Senate takeover” headline, there were plenty of other side stories worth noting, as well.

From The Daily Beast

The biggest impact of a GOP takeover will be on appointments.

From The Daily Beast

The worst effect of a Republican takeover would be on the environment.

From The Daily Beast

Dimitrov and Kalarov returned from Moscow, where they had been in exile since 1925, to assist the new government in its takeover.

From Project Gutenberg

Soon after the communist takeover the combined elementary-secondary period of schooling was reduced from twelve to eleven years.

From Project Gutenberg

We are not going to effect a hostile takeover of my friends.

From Project Gutenberg

What will justify such a volte-face and with what excuse can he repudiate the principles with which he justified his takeover?

From Project Gutenberg

Until the Communist takeover in 1944, there had been two broad social classes in the country, an upper and a lower class.

From Project Gutenberg