a white knight



a white knight

someone who gives money to a company in order to prevent it from being bought by another company Hope is fading that a white knight will appear to stop the takeover bid.
See also: knight, white

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
FranzFRAHNTSGerman
Akhmad-Chechen
JamesJAYMZ (English)English, Biblical
Mariangela-Italian
NacioNAH-thyo (Spanish), NAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)Spanish
UroŠ-Serbian, Slovene