buyout

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

purchase acquisition merger ransom dowry readmission takeover redemption buy up subsumption buy out buyback takeover bid leveraged buyout viatical

Antonyms

loss damage failure sale penalty harm
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Hypernyms

acquisition

Hyponyms

takeover leveraged buyout strategic buyout

Related terms

buy out

Phrases with the word

management buyout teaching buyout

Anagrams

outbuy

Examples

According 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

Close letter words and terms

buyo buyoff buyou buyout bid buyrate Buys