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reverse takeover
noun [C]Definition
› FINANCE a situation in which a smaller company buys a bigger one: Orange, with annual sales of €3 billion, managed a reverse takeover of France Telecom's mobile business.
(Definition of reverse takeover noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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