LEVERAGED BUYOUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leveraged buyout mean? 

• LEVERAGED BUYOUT (noun)
  The noun LEVERAGED BUYOUT has 1 sense:

1. a buyout using borrowed money; the target company's assets are usually security for the loan

  Familiarity information: LEVERAGED BUYOUT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEVERAGED BUYOUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A buyout using borrowed money; the target company's assets are usually security for the loan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

a leveraged buyout by upper management can be used to combat hostile takeover bids

Hypernyms ("leveraged buyout" is a kind of...):

buyout (acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leveraged buyout"):

bust-up takeover (a leveraged buyout in which the target company's assets are sold to repay the loan that financed the takeover)