粵

收sau1購gau3

simp收购
sau1 gau3sau1 kau3shōu gòu

English

  1. to purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization)
  2. to acquire or take over (a company or equity); acquisition; takeover
  3. (of business or companies) to take over; to purchase

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 購買

Examples

  • 我們ACME有限公司,特此宣布,我們將盡我們的力量抵制這種惡意收購。

    We, ACME Ltd., hereby announce that we will resist with all our strength this hostile takeover.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 收購公司

    to take over a company

  • 高價收購二手iPhone

    buying second-hand iPhone at a high price

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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