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Revlon mode

Revlon mode noun: the position of a company whose sale or breakup is imminent and whose directors' responsibility is consequently narrowed to securing the highest possible price to benefit stockholders.

Noun

Revlon mode (uncountable)

  1. (US) The position of a company whose sale or breakup is imminent and whose directors' responsibility is consequently narrowed to securing the highest possible price to benefit stockholders.

Origin of Revlon mode

After the legal case Revlon, Inc. v. MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc.

Questions about Revlon mode

What does Revlon mode mean?
Revlon mode means the position of a company whose sale or breakup is imminent and whose directors' responsibility is consequently narrowed to securing the highest possible price to benefit stockholders.
What part of speech is Revlon mode?
Revlon mode is a noun.

Words near Revlon mode in the dictionary

  1. revivor
  2. revivors
  3. Revlon
  4. Revlon duties
  5. Revlon duty
  6. Revlon mode
  7. revocability
  8. revocable
  9. revocableness
  10. revocably
  11. revocalisation

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