Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun safe_harbor

1 sense of safe harbor

Sense 1
safe harbor -- (the target company defends itself by acquiring a company so onerously regulated that it makes the target less attractive; "the acquisition gave the company a safe harbor")
       => shark repellent, porcupine provision -- (a measure undertaken by a corporation to discourage unwanted takeover attempts)