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Definition of white knight noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

white knight

noun

/ˌwaɪt ˈnaɪt/

/ˌwaɪt ˈnaɪt/

(business)

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a person or an organization that rescues a company from being bought by another company at too low a price

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