suitor
/ˈsuːtər/ noun [C] FINANCEDefinition
› a company that wants to buy another company: a suitor for sth A German private equity firm is understood to be one of the suitors for the company. Likely suitors include utilities and independent oil and gas companies.a potential/possible/rival suitor Potential suitors for the bank have not yet come up with any firm bids.
(Definition of suitor noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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