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greenmail en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Blend of greenback + blackmail.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The profiting from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price.
    • He's gonna leverage his position, and he's gonna get as much greenmail as he can. 2013 July 30, Unfinished Business (Suits), season 3, episode 3, spoken by Louis Litt (Rick Hoffman):
    • Greenmails typically result in reduced shareholder value. 2007, S.R. Vishwanath, Corporate Finance, →ISBN, page 681:

Forms

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greenmails Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

anti-greenmail

greenmail en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

Blend of greenback + blackmail.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To profit from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price.

Forms

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greenmailing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
greenmails Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
greenmailed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
greenmailed Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

greenmailer

Relateds

blackmail