ALL meanings of greenmail
green·mail
G g - noun greenmail The practice of buying enough shares in a company to threaten a takeover, forcing the owners to buy them back at a higher price in order to retain control. 1
- noun greenmail the practice of buying a large block of a company's stock in order to force a rise in stock prices or an offer by the company to repurchase that block of stock at an inflated price to thwart a possible takeover bid. 1
- uncountable noun greenmail Greenmail is when a company buys enough shares in another company to threaten a takeover and makes a profit if the other company buys back its shares at a higher price. 0
- noun greenmail (esp in the US) the practice of a company buying sufficient shares in another company to threaten takeover and making a quick profit as a result of the threatened company buying back its shares at a higher price 0
- noun greenmail the buying of a large amount of a company's stock in anticipation that the management, fearing that the buyer will gain control, will buy it back at a premium over the market price 0
- noun greenmail Profiting from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price. 0