CROWN JEWEL
crown jewel: translation
A particularly profitable or otherwise particularly valuable corporate unit or asset of a firm. Often used in risk arbitrage. The most desirable entities within a diversified corporation as measured by asset value, earning power, and business prospects; in takeover attempts, these entities typically are the main objective of the acquirer and may be sold by a takeover target to make the rest of the company less attractive.Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
See: scorched-earth policy. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
* * *
crown jewel UK US noun [C] (also jewel in the crown)
► »
Dairy farming, long the crown jewel of Minnesota agriculture, is leaving the state at an alarming rate.
»
The high-speed train will be the jewel in the crown of the transport system.