overname

Definitions of overname
  1. noun
    the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
    synonyms: bastaardwoord, leenwoord, ontlening
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    types:
    malversatie, verduistering
    wrongful borrowing
    type of:
    inbezitneming, toe-eigening, toeëigening
    a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner
  2. noun
    obtaining funds from a lender
    synonyms: ontlening
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    type of:
    handelsovereenkomst, transactie
    the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)
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