take-over

[teyk-oh-ver]

take·o·ver

[teyk-oh-ver]
noun
1.
the act of seizing, appropriating, or arrogating authority, control, management, etc.
2.
an acquisition or gaining control of a corporation through the purchase or exchange of stock.
Also, take-o·ver.


Origin:
1940–45; noun use of verb phrase take over

an·ti·take·o·ver, adjective, noun
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Take-over is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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