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greenmails

greenmails is the plural of greenmail.

greenmails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of greenmail.

Meaning of greenmail

Noun

greenmail (countable and uncountable, plural greenmails)

  1. The profiting from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price.
    • Greenmails typically result in reduced shareholder value.2007, S.R. Vishwanath, Corporate Finance, →ISBN, page 681

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Questions about greenmails

What is greenmails the plural of?
Greenmails is the plural of greenmail.

Words near greenmails in the dictionary

  1. greenmail
  2. greenmailed
  3. greenmailer
  4. greenmailers
  5. greenmailing
  6. greenmails
  7. Greenman
  8. greenmans
  9. greenmarket
  10. greenmarkets
  11. Greenmount

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