buy out

buy  (b)

v. bought (bôt), buy·ing, buys

v.tr.

1. To acquire in exchange for money or its equivalent; purchase. See Regional Note at boughten.

2. To be capable of purchasing: "Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won't buy" (Ogden Nash).

3. To acquire by sacrifice, exchange, or trade: wanted to buy love with gifts.

4. To bribe: tried to buy a judge.

5. Informal To accept the truth or feasibility of: The officer didn't buy my lame excuse for speeding.

v.intr.

To purchase something; act as a purchaser.

n.

1. Something bought or for sale; a purchase.

2. An act of purchasing: a drug buy.

3. Something that is underpriced; a bargain.

Phrasal Verbs:

buy into

1. To acquire a stake or interest in: bought into a risky real estate venture.

2. Informal To believe in, especially wholeheartedly or uncritically: couldn't buy into that brand of conservatism.

buy off

To bribe (an official, for example) in order to secure improper cooperation or gain exemption from a regulation or legal consequence.

buy out

To purchase the entire stock, business rights, or interests of.

buy up

To purchase all that is available of.

Idioms:

buy it Slang

To be killed.

buy time

To increase the time available for a specific purpose: "A moderate recovery thus buys time for Congress and the Administration to whittle the deficit" (G. David Wallace).

buy the farm Slang

To die, especially suddenly or violently.

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[Middle English, from Old English bycgan.]

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buya·ble adj.

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buy out

vb (tr, adverb)

1. (Business / Commerce) to purchase the ownership, controlling interest, shares, etc., of (a company, etc.)

2. (Military) to gain the release of (a person) from the armed forces by payment of money

3. to pay (a person) once and for all to give up (property, interest, etc.)

n buyout

(Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the purchase of a company, esp by its former management or staff See also leveraged buyout, management buyout

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

buy out - take over ownership of; of corporations and companies buy up, take over buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"

Translations

? buy out

vt sep

shareholders etc → auszahlen; firm → aufkaufen

(from army) → los- or freikaufen (of von)