Mergers and Acquisitions

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 447.

Unit 7

Vocabulary

7.1a merger an acquisition a takeover an acquirer diversification synergy cross-selling an acquired company a target company compatible goals economies of scale genes a laid-back management style open enrolment due diligence a takeover bid to draw on smt. to merge with to acquire to embark on smt. to be susceptible to smt. to overextend the capacity of a company

7.2stock exchange an alliance an institutional investor a return on investment a considerable improvement a sudden surge a moderate growth a slight increase temporary dips to improve significantly to shoot up dramatically to go up sharply to riseby 10% to rise gradually to soar/ to jump/ to climb to reach a high /to peak to fall / to dip/ to drop/ to slump to sink to rock-bottom to slide (slid, slid) to a record low to deteriorate to fluctuate/ to vary to stabilize/to level off to recover slightly to climb steadily to go under to go bankrupt/ to go to the wall to be in the black to be in the red to break even to cover costs /to match expenses to float a company to increase a bid to share in profit to open trading

7.3 a copycat product the asking price to prosecute to be bound to do smt. to find common ground to take the market by storm

7.4 a pie-chart a backup a deviation a figure a management buy-out disposable income a perceived drop in smt. crucial unbiased to overload with smt. to give a breakdown of smt.

7.5 a footnote a font a fierce competition vague distracting vulnerable to be keen to do smt. to be under way to spread risks

7.6 a repayment a financial year (FY) slick (marketing) ruthless to confirm

to sell off (assets) to estimate