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Meaning of "greenmailer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GREENMAILER

greenmailer  [ˈɡriːnˌmeɪlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GREENMAILER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Greenmailer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GREENMAILER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Greenmail

Greenmail or greenmailing is the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover, thereby forcing the target firm to buy those shares back at a premium in order to suspend the takeover. The term is a neologism derived from blackmail and greenback as commentators and journalists saw the practice of said corporate raiders as attempts by well-financed individuals to blackmail a company into handing over money by using the threat of a takeover.

Definition of greenmailer in the English dictionary

The definition of greenmailer in the dictionary is a person or company who engages in greenmail.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GREENMAILER


ala
ˈeɪlə
alar
ˈeɪlə
blackmailer
ˈblækmeɪlə
e-mailer
ˈiːmeɪlə
favela
fɑːˈveɪlə
hailer
ˈheɪlə
inhaler
ɪnˈheɪlə
mailer
ˈmeɪlə
malar
ˈmeɪlə
retailer
ˈriːteɪlə
sailor
ˈseɪlə
scalar
ˈskeɪlə
tailor
ˈteɪlə
talar
ˈteɪlə
Taylor
ˈteɪlə
tractor-trailer
ˌtræktəˈtreɪlə
trailer
ˈtreɪlə
Venezuela
ˌvɛnɪˈzweɪlə
whaler
ˈweɪlə
wholesaler
ˈhəʊlseɪlə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GREENMAILER

greenlet
greenlight
greenling
greenlit
greenly
greenmail
greenness
Greenock
greenockite
Greenough
Greenpeace
greenroom
greens
greensand
Greensboro
greenshank
greensick
greensickness

WORDS THAT END LIKE GREENMAILER

assailer
bailer
bewailer
curtailer
derailer
detailer
e-tailer
entailer
horse trailer
jailer
loud-hailer
nailer
prevailer
railer
sailer
semitrailer
spoiler
squailer
tailer
tent trailer
wailer

Synonyms and antonyms of greenmailer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «greenmailer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GREENMAILER

Find out the translation of greenmailer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of greenmailer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «greenmailer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

greenmailer
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chantajista
570 millions of speakers

English

greenmailer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

greenmailer
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

greenmailer
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

greenmailer
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

greenmailer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

greenmailer
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

greenmailer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perintis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

greenmailer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

グリーンメーラー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

greenmailer
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Greenmailer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

greenmailer
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

greenmailer
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्रीनमेलर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

greenmailer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

greenmailer
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

greenmailer
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

greenmailer
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

greenmailer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

greenmailer
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

greenmailer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

greenmailer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

greenmailer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of greenmailer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GREENMAILER»

The term «greenmailer» is barely ever used and occupies the 204.699 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GREENMAILER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about greenmailer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREENMAILER»

Discover the use of greenmailer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to greenmailer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Spy
IRAN INTO AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE the other day, a greenmailer of some repute. Although we hadn't seen each other for a while, it's been easy to keep up with him in The Wall Street Journal. We chatted for a while there on the sidewalk,  ...
2
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings
Evolution of the Greenmailer We really do not have greenmail like we had in the fourth merger wave, as the greenmailer has evolved into a new form of activist shareholder and is practicing his art somewhat differently. We now have large ...
Patrick A. Gaughan, 2010
3
Going for Broke: How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail ...
Recently, Paine Webber had gotten into the swing of things with an ambitious attempt to peddle junk bonds for Carl Icahn, a pioneer greenmailer and a regular client of Drexel's. Icahn needed the money for his hostile takeover of TWA, and ...
John Rothchild, 2000
4
The Economics of Business Enterprise: An Introduction to ...
... of greenmail. 13. We are assuming here that collusion between incumbent managers and greenmailer to mislead the market is ruled out. It should also be recognised that the information provided by the greenmailer is not absolutely pure.
Martin Ricketts, 2002
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Washington and Lee Law Review
control premium would put a damper on this market. It does not necessarily follow , however, that a greenmailer is entitled to a control premium, which he has neither paid for nor earned. 3. Is a Greenmailer a Dominant Shareholder? Several of ...
‎1991
6
Hanson's JFR.
Because it was thinly traded, it wasn't hard for the greenmailer to ratchet the share price up to absurdly high levels. All the way up, he used newly acquired shares as collateral to buy additional shares. In the few months required to exhaust the ...
Richard C. Hanson, 1991
7
Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary
greenmail greenmail a situation in which a person or entity (the greenmailer) buys enough stock in a public company to threaten a hostile takeover. The greenmailer offers to end the threat to the company by selling its stock back at a higher ...
Gerald Hill Attorney, 2009
8
Essentials of Trademarks and Unfair Competition
... rights in the name. Cybersquatting is a lot like the securities law concept ofgreenmail. A greenmailer buys up a lot of a company's stock, not as part of an effort to acquire the company whose stock it is, but in the hope that the company will ...
Dana Shilling, 2002
9
Finance
Often the directors of such a company will succumb to greenmail, signing a repurchase agreement whereby the greenmailer sells his/her stock to the firm at a price far higher than he/she paid for it. In addition, the greenmailer agrees not to ...
Ehsan Nikbakht, 2006
10
Deals of the Century: Wall Street, Mergers, and the Making ...
Eaton became the first major greenmailer of the twentieth century and the reputation fol— lowed him for the rest of his career. BEAR RAIDING The downfall of the Insull empire was the major news story of the early 1930s. It dwarfed even the ...
Charles R. Geisst, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREENMAILER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term greenmailer is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Milestone Moments In Every Boomer's Life
In the film, Michael Douglas played the Gordon Gekko character, a lizardy corporate raider and greenmailer. Gekko captured the sentiment ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Baby Buffett: Will Bill Ackman Resurrect The Ghost Of Howard …
In classic greenmailer style Ackman got involved by contesting the racetrack takeovers that Sternlicht and other dealmakers, such as Colony ... «Forbes, May 15»
3
This Crooked CEOs Roman Orgy Had Its Own Centurions
... Saul Steinberg, the penetrating cartoon artist, but Saul Steinberg, the fashionably notorious corporate raider and greenmailer, a genial tub of ... «Daily Beast, May 15»
4
Everybody Love Raymond. Don't mistake GBUAPCD for Raymond
The Coalition is actually California Unions for Reliable Energy (CURE), an infamous “greenmailer” that, like the Laborers International Union of ... «The Sheet, Apr 15»
5
Greenmailer and Fluff Tongue to bring "hard hitting rock riffs" to …
Greenmailer, made up of Steve Ahearne on guitar and vocals, Mark Roberts on bass and vocals and Hywel Griffiths on drums and vocals, will ... «Llanelli Star, Feb 15»
6
Business bites: Abbott slurs … Bunnings purrs … Coles Express errs …
Irony of ironies, one of the shareholders in Transocean who will feel the pain is US billionaire shareholder activist (“greenmailer” was the old ... «Crikey, Feb 15»
7
How to Launder Money, What Carl Icahn Really Wants and More …
Activist investor/greenmailer/wealthy man with a blog Carl Icahn unveiled his big open letter to Tim Cook, which turned out to be a plea for a ... «Re/code, Oct 14»
8
For David Jones investors, a touch of pragmatism and a little pleasure
Moir was home in South Africa recovering from back surgery while DJs and Country Road greenmailer Solomon Lew is overseas on a Greek ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 14»
9
Lew will play a few more rounds now Moir's shown his hand on DJs
The man himself is yet to disclose his hand and like any old fashion greenmailer he also knows he can play a few more rounds now Moir has ... «The Australian, Jun 14»
10
Solomon Lew Invests $200 Million for Blocking Holding in David …
... as a “greenmailer,” or as he would undoubtedly prefer to be termed, just as an honest arbitrageur, or “arb” as everyone calls them these days. «Jewish Business News, Jun 14»

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