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noun
Any strategy designed to produce negative results for an entity carrying out a takeover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business
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Synonyms: shareholder rights plan
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: flip-in
noun
A provision in a bill that leads to potential supporters opposing it instead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see poison, pill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Narrower terms: suicide pill
noun
the target company defends itself by making its stock less attractive to an acquirer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shark repellent, porcupine provision
Narrower terms: suicide pill
History
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