buyout

See also: buy-out and buy out

English

Alternative forms

• buy-out

Etymology

Deverbal from buy out.

Pronunciation

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Noun

buyout (plural buyouts)

1. (finance) The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.
2. The use of grant monies to pay for another person to perform the usual duties, especially teaching duties, of someone engaged on the funded project.

Derived terms

• antibuyout
• leveraged buyout
• management buyout
• postbuyout
• prebuyout
• teaching buyout

 

Related terms

• buy out (verb)

Translations

acquisition of a controlling interest

• Finnish: yritysosto (fi)
• Japanese: 企業買収 (kigyō-baishū)
• Swedish: uppköp n

See also

• merger
• sellout
• takeover

Anagrams

• outbuy

Italian

Alternative forms

• buy-out, buy out

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English buyout.

Noun

buyout m (invariable)

1. buyout