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LBO

American  

abbreviation

  1. leveraged buyout.


LBO British  

abbreviation

  1. leveraged buyout

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In December, as a preview to the season, LBO staged “Earth Ears” in San Pedro at the Angels Gate Cultural Center.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025

During the crisis, the banking industry had more than $700 billion of stalled LBO exposure at its peak, which took 12 to 18 months to clear.

From Reuters • Jan. 4, 2023

“The debt committed in the system needs to get placed and the equity investors ... are being cautious, which is limiting LBO activity,” said Anu Aiyengar, global co-head of M&A at J.P.

From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2022

Saving the day for “The Central Park Five,” an LBO commission that won the music Pulitzer for Davis and that the company hoped to remount in a new production, was more convoluted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2022

“Giustino” is the success LBO desperately needed, but the company does not yet appear out of hot water just yet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2022

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