buyout

American  

[bahy-out] / ˈbaɪˌaʊt /

noun

1. an act or instance of buying out, especially of buying all or a controlling percentage of the shares in a company.

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Etymology

Origin of buyout

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Blackstone and buyout peers Carlyle Group and Hellman & Friedman acquired Medline about four years ago in a roughly $34 billion deal.

From The Wall Street Journal

UPS says the job cuts would be made through buyout offers to full-time drivers and by not replacing staff who leave the company voluntarily.

From BBC

The Amsterdam-listed buyout group said Monday that the acquisition would materially broaden its credit offering and boost its ability to scale and serve clients across institutional, private wealth and insurance channels.

From The Wall Street Journal

She is also seeking a 30% reduction to the broader division staff, leading the Fed to offer division employees a voluntary buyout package of four months of administrative leave plus four months’ pay.

From The Wall Street Journal

Not only did software stocks soar, the sector became the center of a credit boom, with debt investors eagerly funding a surge of private-equity buyouts.

From The Wall Street Journal