white knight

white knight
noun
a company that is a friendly acquirer in a takeover
• Hypernyms: ↑company
• Hyponyms: ↑white squire

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noun
1. : one that comes to the rescue ; especially : a corporation invited to buy out a second corporation in order to prevent an unfriendly takeover by a third
2. : one that champions a cause

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1. a hero who comes to the rescue.
2. a beleaguered champion who fights heroically for a cause, as in politics.
3. Informal. a company that comes to the rescue of another, as to prevent a takeover.
[1890-95]

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white knight noun (stock exchange)
A person who rescues a company from an unwanted takeover bid (cf ↑white squire)
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Main Entry: ↑white

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white knight UK US noun [countable] [singular white knight plural white knights] business
a person or company that invests money in another company in order to prevent it being sold to a larger organization
Thesaurus: investing and investmentshyponym to invest moneysynonym

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white knight,
1. a political reformer or champion of a cause: »

... white knights dealing with the joint evils of corruption and reaction (London Times).

2. U.S. Finance. a friendly bidder sought out by a company to outbid a hostile company that has made a tender offer for its control.

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n. a person or thing that comes to someone's aid
■ a person or company making an acceptable counteroffer for a company facing a hostile takeover bid

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noun, pl ⋯ knights [count]
: someone or something that rescues or saves another person or thing from a bad situation; especially : a company that buys a second company in order to prevent it from being taken over by a third company

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ˌwhite ˈknight [white knight] noun
a person or an organization that rescues a company from being bought by another company at too low a price

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