friendly
adjective
uk/ˈfrendli/ us 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.
Compare
hostile
(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
environmentally-friendly
user-friendly