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Plural of takeover

regular plural

The plural of takeover is takeovers.

Forms of takeover

Singulartakeover
Pluraltakeovers
Countablecountable

Takeovers in a sentence

  • The takeovers were financed by issuing zeroes.From the entry zero
  • A few widely publicized companies set up ESOPs purely as defenses against hostile takeovers.2016 September 8, John Case, “The Life-Changing Magic of Turning Employees Into Shareholders”, in The Atlantic. From the entry ESOP
  • Britain's open-door policy on foreign takeovers is a net gain for the economy.2012 October 29, “Editorial: Protectionism is not the answer, Lord Heseltine”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 15 Jan 2016. From the entry open-door policy
  • Leveraged buyout funds are behind the dramatic growth in high-yield debt—the preferred financing for today's corporate takeovers.2007 November 20, Diana Farrell, “Private Equity Isn't Fading Away”, in BusinessWeek, retrieved 29 Jan 2010. From the entry leveraged buyout
  • Their subject — hostile corporate takeovers — seems far from cyberprivacy, but it is not.2007 December 23, Christopher Caldwell, “Intimate Shopping”, in New York Times. From the entry cyberprivacy

Meaning of takeover

  1. noun The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.
  2. noun The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.
  3. noun A time or event in which control or authority, especially over a facility is passed from one party to the next.

Full definition of takeover

Questions about the plural of takeover

What is the plural of takeover?
The plural of takeover is takeovers.
Is takeover countable?
Takeover is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: takeover (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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