stakebuilding

(also stake-building)

/ˈsteɪkˌbɪldɪŋ/ noun [U] FINANCE

Definition

› the process of increasing the number of shares in a company, sometimes in order to prepare a bid to take control of it: Vague rumours of either stakebuilding or a bid from Microsoft left Baltimore Technologies 65p up at 770p.

stakebuilder (also stake-builder) noun [C] › Traders suggested that a company such as Energis could be the mystery stake-builder in IMS.

(Definition of stakebuilding noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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