Noun
acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock
Source: WordNetAccording to Capfriendly, the buyout will cost the Rangers $5.5 million against the salary cap this upcoming season and $1.5 million for the season after that. Source: Internet
As 2005 ended and 2006 began, new "largest buyout" records were set and surpassed several times with nine of the top ten buyouts at the end of 2007 having been announced in an 18-month window from the beginning of 2006 through the middle of 2007. Source: Internet
A ‘GAME-CHANGING’ sum has bolstered southern Scotland’s biggest land buyout attempt. Source: Internet
By 1897, the Maxim company had become important enough that it received a buyout offer from Vickers, one of the then giants of the armaments industry. Source: Internet
By a split vote, Monday night, the Mineral Springs School Board voted to hire a Little Rock law firm to negotiate a buyout of the school’s contract with former Supt. Source: Internet
Between 1979 and 1989, it was estimated that there were over 2,000 leveraged buyouts valued in excess of $250 billion Opler, T. and Titman, S. "The determinants of leveraged buyout activity: Free cash flow vs. financial distress costs." Source: Internet