buyout meaning

Noun: buyout  'bI`awt

1. Acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock

Verb: buy out  bI awt

1. Take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
   - take over, buy up

Derived forms: bought out, buys out, buying out, buyouts

Type of: acquisition, buy, purchase

Encyclopedia: Buyout

[Business]
noun [C]

EMPLOYEE BUYOUT, MANAGEMENT BUYOUT

(Finance )

a situation in which a person or group gains control of a company or a particular part of it by buying all or most of its shares:

The management are considering a buyout of the company.

The publishing group approached the company with a buyout offer worth over $400 million.

We are attempting a leveraged buyout of a much larger company.

❖ to accept/fund/lead/reject a buyout

◆ a buyout bid/deal/offer

[Finance]
Purchase of a controlling interest (or percent of shares) of a company's stock. A leveraged buy out is effected with borrowed money.

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