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concert party

see TAKEOVER BID.

concert party

a group of individuals or firms that acts ‘in concert’, pooling its various resources in order to effect the TAKEOVER of a company See TAKEOVER BID, CITY CODE.
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And the pictures of the concert parties were interesting as concert parties are something you associate with later wars, rather than WW1."
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Many concert parties suffered the indignity of being paid off early because they didn't like the comedian.
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One did not have to directly participate in either concert parties or sporting events to be entertained by them.
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Within a year of the war starting, the concert parties were discontinued, although the City Transport Band and some military bands did put on performances and the Punch and Judy shows were carried on.
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Rihll's early forays on the legitimate stage (while managing his early Tatlers troupe) coincided with a period of unprecedented proliferation of concert parties across the country.
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The hall provided a venue where the IOOF committee could sponsor travelling concert parties and theatrical groups.
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Mr Leigh's experiences included It Ain't Half Hot Mum-type Forces' concert parties in India during WWII Picture: BOB BIRD, Daily Post archive
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Cole suggests, in fact, that the concert parties mediated the African and western worlds, first for western-educated audiences in coastal cities until the 1920s, and then for working-class and rural audiences in the 1930s and beyond.
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The Nostalgics are well known for their concert parties and hold regular events for pensioners.
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She became a lifelong friend of the Queen Mother when she organised wartime morale-raising concert parties for troops.
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