buyout
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of buyout
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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Blackstone’s leveraged buyout saddled Jersey Mike’s with about $500 million in additional debt, bringing the total to $2.1 billion and boosting its annual interest expenses to $104 million in 2025 from $43 million in 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Sazerac sent a letter to Brown-Forman shareholders asking them to reconsider its previously rejected $15 billion buyout offer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The companies said they wouldn’t sell their shares and plan to remain long-term shareholders, regardless of the outcome of the buyout proposal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Memories of such a relatively swift transformation were still fresh in the minds of top-flight executives after Newcastle United's Saudi-led buyout in 2021.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The shelter filled with supphes was a buyout, something that allowed his parents and everyone else to pretend they had helped him.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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