buyout

[ bahy-out ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an act or instance of buying out, especially of buying all or a controlling percentage of the shares in a company.

Origin of buyout¹

First recorded in 1970–75

The following year, the founders exercised their buyout option, for $9 million.

Buyout Roadblock The board is unanimously opposed to a buyout, according to the company's release.

The Silicon Valley company says it is the victim of an $8.8 billion buyout fraud.

Just months ago Instagram celebrated a billion-dollar buyout.

I organized a buyout in 1998 and sold it on to the HMV group.

Assume that your boys want, say, 30 times gross annual revenue for a buyout.

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