whitemail

== English == === Etymology === From white +‎ mail, by analogy with blackmail. === Noun === whitemail (uncountable) (business) A tactic to resist hostile takeover, in which the target company sells discounted stock to a friendly third party. Persuasion based on positive rather than negative effects. ==== Related terms ==== see blackmail ==== See also ==== whitemail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Verb === whitemail (third-person singular simple present whitemails, present participle whitemailing, simple past and past participle whitemailed) To persuade. (ironic) Of a white person: to carry out blackmail.