friendly UK US /ˈfrendli/ adjective
► WORKPLACE, FINANCE relating to situations in which the owners or directors of a company are willing to sell it to another company that wants to buy it: a friendly merger/offer/takeover »
The board is seeking a higher price in exchange for entering into a friendly merger agreement.
»The friendly takeover will instantly force competitors to bring down their prices.
► (often used in compounds) easy to use or suitable for members of a particular group to use: »
Their website is particularly friendly to use.
»a customer-friendly bank
»a child-friendly working environment
»We need to continue to make the shopping area more pedestrian-friendly.
→ See also FAMILY-FRIENDLY(Cf. ↑family-friendly), ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY(Cf. ↑environmentally-friendly), USER-FRIENDLY(Cf. ↑user-friendly)
Financial and business terms. 2012.