- Panel
- The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers. A non-statutory body with responsibility for the rules governing takeovers/mergers. Its Chairman is appointed by the Governor of the Bank of England and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary
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panel pan‧el [ˈpænl] noun [countable]1. a group of people chosen to give advice or decide something:• An advisory panel will review new data on the safety of the products.
conˈsumer ˌpanelMARKETING a group of people organized by a company or an organization doing market research to give their opinions about products: focus group :• Using the findings of consumer panels across the country, we redesigned over 1,000 existing products.
seˈlection ˌpanela group of people who choose something or someone for a particular job, activity etc:• The chief executive officer has a duty to attend meetings of the selection panel.
ˈtakeover ˌpanel FINANCEin Britain and some other countries, an official body that makes sure that takeover S (= occasions when one company buys another) are performed according to the rules it has established:• The takeover panel criticised the bank for failing to tell the panel that a client company's shares were rising rapidly while it was in takeover talks.
2. MARKETING in market research, a group of people chosen to discuss particular products so that changes can be made to them or to the way they are sold:• These findings are backed up by the panel research I mentioned earlier.
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panel UK US /ˈpænəl/ noun [C]► a small group of people chosen to give advice or make a decision on something: »The 31-member panel is charged with recommending system improvements.
a panel of experts/reviewers/judges »The governor will appoint a panel of experts to make a statewide climate action plan.
advisory/disciplinary/review panel »She served on a federal energy advisory panel .
► MARKETING a small group of people chosen to give their opinion on a product or service: »As a member of our research panel, we will periodically send you an email invitation to answer online.
→ See also CONSUMER PANEL(Cf. ↑consumer panel), SELECTION COMMITTEE(Cf. ↑selection committee), TAKEOVER PANEL(Cf. ↑takeover panel)
Financial and business terms. 2012.