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buy out

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1. buy out - Noun

2. buy out - Verb

Meaning

take over ownership of; of corporations and companies

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For the West, the enemy was not "socialism" but capitalism. How to tame and subdue the polar bear, how to take over the talent, the science, the technology, how to buy out the human capital, how to acquire the intellectual property rights? Michel Chossudovsky

Adams has stated that Wally was based on a Pacific Bell coworker of his who was interested in a generous employee buy-out program—for the company's worst employees. Source: Internet

An early market entrant that takes advantage of the cost structure and can expand rapidly can exclude smaller companies from entering and can drive or buy out other companies. Source: Internet

Robinson, p. 269. Chaplin was eager to start with the new company, and offered to buy out his contract with First National. Source: Internet

Commodore UK was the only subsidiary to survive the bankruptcy and even placed a bid to buy out the rest of the operation, or at least the former parent company. Source: Internet

State Street Bank - the second largest client of Syntel - also has a joint venture in the Indian city of Pune with them which they have the option to buy out. Source: Internet

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