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SOMME PAYEE RAISON CHANTAGE FINANCIER [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

[T]he temptation to spend corporate resources extravagantly in the attempt to fend off the raider (it is always easier to spend other people's money), and the temptation to sacrifice the shareholders' interests (as by paying exorbitant amounts of greenmail), must be overwhelming.

OBS

Metonymical sense.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

Somme d'argent versée par la société cible faisant l'objet de chantage financier.

Spanish

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