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cash bid

 
 
noun [C]

Definition

FINANCE a takeover bid (= an attempt by one company to buy another company) in which shareholders in the company being taken over are offered cash for their shares: make/launch a cash bid (for sth) The little-known Canadian company launched a cash bid worth $606 million for the educational software firm.
(Definition of cash bid noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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