different between wakeover vs takeover

English

Alternative forms

• wake-over

Etymology

Blend of wake +? sleepover

Noun

wakeover (plural wakeovers)

1. A sleepover party in a public place, such as a church, at which little or no sleep actually takes place.

   The youth group will have another wakeover this weekend.

Synonyms

• lock-in

Anagrams

• overweak

English

Etymology

From take +? over

Pronunciation

Noun

takeover (plural takeovers)

1. (economics) The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.
2. (economics, Britain) The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.
3. A time or event in which control or authority, especially over a facility is passed from one party to the next.
   • 1991, Information Services on Latin America (Oakland, Calif.), ISLA: Volume 43, Issues 1-3, p. 195:

     Revollo was absent when Bolivian police and the navy captain arrived at dawn, and the base takeover came off without problems, according to a U.S. narcotics official.

Derived terms

• hostile takeover

Related terms

• take over

Translations

See also

• buyout
• merger
• sellout
• tender offer

Verb

takeover

1. Misspelling of take over.

Anagrams

• overtake