tender offer

1. 1.

   an offer to buy shares in a corporation (usually above the market price) for cash or securities or both

   Broaderoffer

   Narrowertakeover bid

Questions about tender offer

What does tender offer mean?

tender offer means "an offer to buy shares in a corporation (usually above the market price) for cash or securities or both".

Is tender offer a common word?

tender offer 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.