shark repellent

Questions about shark repellent

What does shark repellent mean?

shark repellent means "a measure undertaken by a corporation to discourage unwanted takeover attempts".

What is another word for shark repellent?

Close synonyms include porcupine provision. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shark repellent a common word?

shark repellent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.