買収

• 読み: ばいしゅう
• ローマ字: baishū
• 漢字の分解: 買 (bai/ka) — buy; 収 (shū/osa) — collect, take in
• 発音: /ba.i.ɕɯː/

意味

Acquisition; corporate takeover or buyout. Also: bribery or buying someone's cooperation or vote.

A multivalent する-verb (買収する) with two distinct meanings: (1) in corporate contexts, acquiring another company or its assets (企業買収, M&A); (2) in legal and political contexts, bribing or buying someone's cooperation (有権者買収). The corporate usage dominates in business media. 敵対的買収 (hostile takeover) and 友好的買収 (friendly takeover) are common subtypes.

例文

1. 大手IT企業がスタートアップを10億円で買収した。
2. 敵対的買収を防ぐために防衛策を講じた。
3. 選挙で有権者を買収した疑いで議員が逮捕された。

使い方ガイド

場面: corporate, M&A, legal, politics

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 買 (to buy) and 収 (to collect, take in). Literally 'buying and taking in' — acquiring something by purchase.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Business professionals

社会的背景: Corporate/Political