BUYOUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buyout mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUYOUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

acquisition (the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something)

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

leveraged buyout (a buyout using borrowed money; the target company's assets are usually security for the loan)

strategic buyout (an acquisition based on analysis of the benefits of consolidation in anticipation of increased earning power)

takeover (a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation)

Derivation:

buy out (take over ownership of; of corporations and companies)