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Takeover
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To assume control or management of a corporation without necessarily obtaining actual title to it.

A takeover bid or tender offer is a proposal made by one company to purchase shares of stock of another company, in order to acquire control thereof.

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Taft, William Howard
Taft-Hartley Act
Tail
tailgating ticket
tainted evidence
Take

taken over
Takeover
Taking
taking money from your own business
taking the Fifth
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Tales
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