From Longman Business Dictionarybootstrap acquisitionˈbootstrap acquiˌsition [countable, uncountable]FINANCE a way of buying a company over a period of time. You buy some shares which you then use to borrow more money to buy more shares, each time promising to give them to the lender if you fail to make repayments on your loanThe company has been growing through a series of bootstrap acquisitions. → acquisition
