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cash-and-shares

 
 
adjective [before noun]

Definition

› FINANCE used to describe a takeover (= when a company gets control of another company) in which the buyer offers a combination of money and shares to shareholders: cash-and-shares bid/offer/deal Shareholders can choose between the basic cash-and-shares offer or a cash alternative.
(Definition of cash-and-shares adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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