lev·er·aged buyout (l v  r- jd, l vr-jd)n. Abbr. LBO The use of a target company's asset value to finance the debt incurred in acquiring the company. |
leveraged buyout [ˈliːvərɪdʒd]
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(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) a takeover bid in which a small company makes use of its limited assets, and those of the usually larger target company, to raise the loans required to finance the takeover Abbreviation LBO
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| Noun | 1. | leveraged buyout - a buyout using borrowed money; the target company's assets are usually security for the loan; "a leveraged buyout by upper management can be used to combat hostile takeover bids" bust-up takeover - a leveraged buyout in which the target company's assets are sold to repay the loan that financed the takeover buyout - acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock |
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