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buyout
[bahy-out]
noun
an act or instance of buying out, especially of buying all or a controlling percentage of the shares in a company.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of buyout1
Example Sentences
Agency officials say firefighters are exempt from layoffs and buyouts.
The Glazers' leveraged buyout increased the gross debt listed in the accounts to £604m in 2006 - this was partially secured on the club's assets directly, and partially secured on the Glazer family's ownership shares.
Twenty years ago the Tampa-based Glazer family bought Manchester United in a controversial, highly leveraged buyout, blazing a trail for other US investors.
American buyout firm RedBird has agreed a deal to take control of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph after a two-year ownership vacuum.
The probationary firings and two subsequent rounds of buyouts will bring staffing at the DOT down by 12% since Trump took office.
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