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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Melody	['melədi]
Kathryn	KATH-rin	English
Esther	ES-tər (English, Dutch), es-TER (French)	English, French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Jewish, Biblical, Biblical Lati
Sampson (1)	-	Biblical Greek
Zak	ZAK	English
Carmela	[ka:'melə]