Word: greenmails
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: green
mails
Definition: Plural of greenmail; the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business
Morphemes:
Affix: green
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.
Affix: back
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A support or resource in reserve.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bac
Language: fr
Decoded: bac
PoS: Noun
Meaning: vat
Affix: black
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To boycott, usually as part of an industrial dispute.
Affix: mail
Language: en
Meaning: a piece of money
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.