greenmail
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
greenmail payment, by a corporation that is a takeover target, of a premium price for the shares of its stock that have been accumulated by the potential buyer. In exchange, the potential buyer stops the takeover bid.
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