buy out

verb

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

2. 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)

noun

1. the purchase of a company, esp by its former management or staff See also leveraged buyout management buyout

Idioms and Phrases

Purchase the entire stock, business rights, or interests of a concern. For example, A rival store owner offered to buy out my grandfather, but he refused, [Late 1200s]

Example Sentences

Plus, Orange is going to buy out its Spanish joint venture, consolidating its Spanish business, which is also improving.

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The Netherlands cited national security concerns and poor management when it moved to take control of Nexperia, which was once part of Dutch electronics giant Philips but bought out by Wingtech in 2018.

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Scripps, purchasing 6.3 million shares, with intentions to buy out the local media rival.

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He signed an $11-million, two-year deal with the Clippers in July after the final two years of his contract were bought out by the Phoenix Suns.

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But fewer diners are "hitting the Hut" these days and it is closing half its UK restaurants after being bought out of administration for the second time this year.

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