binding offer

基本解释

STARTING a long courtship, on June 15th News Corporation made a non-binding offer to acquire BSkyB, a satellite broadcaster.
六月十五日，新闻集团对英国天空广播公司发出了非强制性收购意愿，开始了对这家卫视广播公司的漫长追逐。
The shares fell the most since May 2009 yesterday after the payment-terminal maker’s board said a bidder is “not in a position to submit a binding offer that could be accepted.”
该公司此前表示收到的收购要约不构成经董事会认可的有约束力报价，导致公司股价创下2009年5月以来最大跌幅。
Nothing in this Agreement shall be taken as any binding offer or agreement by either Party to enter into any further agreement with the other, whether relating to the Purpose or otherwise.
本协议的任何内容都不具有促使任何一方与另一方达成进一步协议的强制效力，无论进一步协议的内容时是否与本协议的目的相关。
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No formal binding offer has been made or accepted.
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The proposal contained in this letter constitutes an indication of our interest in pursuing a transaction and does not constitute a binding offer, agreement or agreement to proceed with the transaction or to otherwise make a binding offer or agreement at any point in the future.
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This is because an offer is not legally binding until contracts have been exchanged, usually about two months after an offer has been accepted (except in Scotland, where a verbal agreement commits both sides).
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