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defence document

 
 
noun [C] UK

Definition

a document explaining why a company's management thinks that shareholders should not agree to an offer made by another company to take control: Next week's defence document will detail the bank's strategy.
(Definition of defence document noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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