WHITE KNIGHT

Meaning of WHITE KNIGHT in English

in a hostile company takeover situation another company is invited in by the possible 'victim' as a welcome saviour.

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WHITE KNIGHT — noun Date: 1951 one that comes to the rescue of another, one that champions a cause
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHITE KNIGHT — noun 1. : one that comes to the rescue ; especially : a corporation invited to buy out a second …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHITE KNIGHT — 1. a hero who comes to the rescue. 2. a beleaguered champion who fights heroically for a cause, as in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE KNIGHT — Date: 1951 1. : one that comes to the rescue of another ; especially : a corporation invited to buy …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHITE KNIGHT — Function: noun Date: 1951 1 : one that comes to the rescue of another especially : a corporation invited to …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHITE KNIGHT — ■ noun a person or thing that comes to someone's aid. ↘a person or company making an acceptable counter offer …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHITE KNIGHT — [white knight] n (1951) 1: one that comes to the rescue of another; esp: a corporation invited to buy out …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHITE KNIGHT — noun a person or an organization that rescues a company from being bought by another company at too low a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE KNIGHT — ˌwhite ˈknight BrE AmE noun [countable] a person or company that puts money into a business in order to save …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHITE KNIGHT — ( white knights) A white knight is a person or an organization that rescues a company from difficulties such as …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE KNIGHT — A ~ is a person or an organization that rescues a company from difficulties such as financial problems or an …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WHITE KNIGHT — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Hartwell had handed his birthright on a silver salver to the rescuing white knight . …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHITE KNIGHT — A friendly potential acquirer sought out by a target firm that is threatened by a less welcome suitor.
Hypertextual Finance English Glossary
WHITE KNIGHT
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
WHITE KNIGHT — фин., упр. "белый рыцарь" (дружественный инвестор, который делает новое, более выгодное, предложение о поглощении компании, уже являющейся объектом попытки враждебного …
Новый англо-русский толковый словарь по менеджменту и экономике труда
WHITE KNIGHT — фин., упр. "белый рыцарь" (дружественный инвестор, который делает новое, более выгодное, предложение о поглощении компании, уже являющейся объектом попытки враждебного …
Новый Англо-Русский толковый словарь по финансовому менеджменту
WHITE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed …
Английский словарь Британика
KNIGHT — I French chevalier German Ritter In the European Middle Ages, a formally professed cavalryman, generally a vassal holding land as …
Английский словарь Британика
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt also ˈwī-; usu -īd.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English white, whit, from Old English hwīt; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KNIGHT — I. ˈnīt, usu -īd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, boy, youth, knight, from Old English cniht, cneoht boy, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHITE — /hwuyt, wuyt/ , adj., whiter, whitest , n. , v. , whited, whiting . adj. 1. of the color of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KNIGHT — — knightless , adj. /nuyt/ , n. 1. a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt, ˈwīt adjective ( whit·er ; whit·est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwīt; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KNIGHT — I. ˈnīt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cniht man-at-arms, boy, servant; akin to Old High German kneht youth, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHITE — noun a white pigment; as, venice white. 2. white ·superl gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary. 3. white …
Webster English vocab
KNIGHT — noun a champion; a partisan; a lover. 2. knight ·noun a young servant or follower; a military attendant. 3. knight …
Webster English vocab
WHITE — [white] adj whit.er ; whit.est [ME, fr. OE hwit; akin to OHG hwiz white and prob. to OCS svetu light, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KNIGHT — [knight] n [ME, fr. OE cniht man-at-arms, boy, servant; akin to OHG kneht youth, military follower] (bef. 12c) 1 a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KNIGHT — French Chevalier, German Ritter, now a title of honour bestowed for a variety of services, but originally in the European …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHITE — white, White BrE AmE waɪt hwaɪt — Preference poll, British English: waɪt 77%, hwaɪt 23%. ▷ whited ˈwaɪt ɪd ˈhwaɪt-, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
KNIGHT — knight, K~ BrE AmE naɪt (= night) ▷ knighted ˈnaɪt ɪd -əd AmE ˈnaɪt̬ əd ▷ knighting ˈnaɪt ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHITE — / waɪt; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective ( whiter , whit·est ) 1. having the colour of fresh …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KNIGHT — / naɪt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. (in the Middle Ages) a man of high social rank …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE — I. white 1 S1 W1 /waɪt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ white , ↑ whiteness , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KNIGHT — I. knight 1 /naɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cniht ] 1 . a man …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KNIGHT — n. & v. --n. 1 a man awarded a non-hereditary title (Sir) by a sovereign in recognition of merit or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHITE — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KNIGHT — n. & v. n. 1 a man awarded a non-hereditary title (Sir) by a sovereign in recognition of merit or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Oxford English vocab
KNIGHT — n. & v. --n. 1. a man awarded a non-hereditary title (Sir) by a sovereign in recognition of merit or …
Oxford English vocab
WHITE — ( whiter, whitest, whites) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KNIGHT — ( knights, knighting, knighted) 1. In medieval times, a knight was a man of noble birth, who served his king …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KNIGHT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES knight errant white knight COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE black ▪ While not particularly …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHITE — n. white whale White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed mouse great white …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
KNIGHT — n. Knight Templar Baer Karl Ernst knight von Ritter knight von Gluck Knight Frank Hyneman Lamarck Jean Baptiste de Monet …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
KNIGHT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
KNIGHT — n. 25B6; noun knights in armour : CAVALIER, cavalryman, horseman; lord, noble, nobleman; historical chevalier, paladin, banneret. 25A0; knight in …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KNIGHT — ( also knight bachelor ) n ( abbr Kt ) a man with a rank of honour given to him …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
WHITE — adj. 1 snow-white, snowy, chalk-white, chalky, ivory, creamy, milky, milk-white, oyster-white, off-white; silver, hoary Many buildings in the tropics are …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KNIGHT — 1. сущ. 1) а) рыцарь; витязь to dub smb. knight ≈ посвятить кого-л. в рыцари б) рыцарь (поклонник дамы) 2) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE — white.ogg 1. waıt n 1. 1> белый цвет; белизна 2> чистота, непорочность 2. белая краска, белила 3. белок ( яйца …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KNIGHT — knight.ogg 1. naıt n 1. 1> рыцарь; витязь Knights of the Round Table - рыцари Круглого стола knight's fee - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WHITE — 1) белый пигмент; белила; белая краска 2) белый 3) сигнал белого поля ( в факсимильной связи ) • - base …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WHITE — 1) белый пигмент; белила; белая краска 2) белый 3) сигнал белого поля (в факсимильной связи) • - base white - bleeding white whites - carbon white - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WHITE — 1) белый 2) вазелиновый 3) несмоленый 4) пшеничный 5) светлый • bring to white heat — нагревать до белого каления white noise generator — генератор белого шума - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WHITE — white прил.1) а) белый whiter than white — белее белого, белоснежный white coffee — кофе с молоком A round white …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
KNIGHT — 1. [naıt] n 1. 1) рыцарь; витязь Knights of the Round Table - рыцари Круглого стола ~'s fee - ист. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WHITE — 1. waıt n 1. 1> белый цвет; белизна 2> чистота, непорочность 2. белая краска, белила 3. белок ( яйца ) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
KNIGHT — 1. naıt n 1. 1> рыцарь; витязь Knights of the Round Table - рыцари Круглого стола knight's fee - ист. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE — 1. прил. 1) а) белый whiter than white — белее белого, белоснежный white coffee — кофе с молоком A round …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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