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
Amor-Roman Mythology, Late Roman, Spanish, Portuguese
JØRn-Danish, Norwegian
Paule-French
FabioFAH-byoItalian, Spanish
Glukel-Yiddish
TinTEENCroatian