bust-up takeover
noun [C] (also bust-up acquisition)Definition
› FINANCE the act of buying a company, and then selling some of its assets in order to pay back the loan taken out to buy it
(Definition of bust-up takeover noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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