noun
poison pill
Business term for a defensive strategy used by a target company to make itself less attractive to a hostile takeover bid. Also referred to as 毒薬条項 in Japanese.
See also: 毒薬条項
その企業は敵対的買収を防ぐためにポイズンピルを導入した。
The company introduced a poison pill to prevent a hostile takeover.
Variant spelling with an interpunct, reflecting the original English word boundary.
Japanese equivalent of 'poison pill', literally 'poison clause'. Used in the same business context but is a native Japanese term.
Borrowed from English 'poison pill', a term from corporate finance.