buyout

buy·out also buy-out  (bout)

n.

1. The purchase of the entire holdings or interests of an owner or investor.

2. The purchase of a company or business: "If the workers do approve the buyout, their company will become the nation's largest employee-owned enterprise" Harry Anderson.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

buyout - acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock acquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another" 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" strategic buyout - an acquisition based on analysis of the benefits of consolidation in anticipation of increased earning power takeover - a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation

Translations

buyout [ˈbaɪaʊt] n (of firm) (by workers, management) → Aufkauf m