# poison pill

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any strategy designed to produce negative results for an entity carrying out a takeover.
2. A provision in a bill that leads to potential supporters opposing it instead.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see poison, pill.

## Source
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