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buyout

buyout

53 4.7
The purchase of a company or most of its shares to take control
  • noun
  • /ˈbaɪˌaʊt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : adquisición
  • After months of discussions, the board approved the buyout that would merge the two firms under one leadership.
  • leveraged buyout
  • management buyout
  • employee buyout

Debt leverage buyouts put huge debt on the club.

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Examples

  • Today, many private equity firms, ourselves included, do some buyouts as well as early-stage seed investing.

    Academic text (1995)
  • When U.S. markets were thriving, one spouse would have offered a cash buyout instead of relinquishing financial assets, Plesent says.

    Academic text (2009)
  • And a big test is what is the buyout value at the end?

  • I got the highest buyout figure any one of us ever got.

  • Jobs' computer software company NEXT, has entered into buyout talks with his former company, Apple Computer.

  • The tobacco buyout program had a far greater impact at the county level between 2002 and 2007.

    Academic text (2011)
  • At $18.7 billion, the public-to-private buyout was the largest in history.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Tired of doing battle with AEP, a large majority of Cheshire's citizens accepted the buyout offer.

    Academic text (2005)
  • In addition, they invested in leveraged buyouts where returns were better than in venture capital.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The company negotiated a significant buyout that allowed it to acquire a controlling stake in its competitor.

Synonyms

takeover
vsbuyout
49 4.7

Gaining control of a company by buying its shares or merging with it

is limited to buying a majority stake rather than also merging
hostile takeover
vsbuyout
  • Specialized
12 5.8

One company buys another company even though its managers say no

is a purchase of majority ownership that does not imply opposition
leveraged buyout
vsbuyout
  • Specialized
7 8.5

Buying a company mostly with borrowed money and using its assets as security for the loan

is any purchase of majority ownership not necessarily using borrowed funds
friendly takeover
vsbuyout
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A purchase of a company that its managers accept

is buying majority ownership without implying manager approval
bust-up takeover
vsbuyout
  • Archaic
9.9

New owners sell a company's parts to pay the debt they used to buy it

is a purchase for ownership that does not require asset liquidation
strategic buyout
vsbuyout
  • Specialized
7.1

The purchase of one company by another to gain business benefits

is any majority purchase without a strategic consolidation motive

Antonyms

selloff
  • Specialized
4 6.3

A sudden fall in stock or bond prices when many people try to get rid of them

Compounds

leveraged buyout
  • Specialized
7 8.5

Buying a company mostly with borrowed money and using its assets as security for the loan

buyout bid
  • Specialized
1 5.9

An offer to buy all the shares a person or company owns in a business

strategic buyout
  • Specialized
7.1

The purchase of one company by another to gain business benefits

How Controlling

hostile takeover
  • Specialized
12 5.8
buyout
  • Specialized
53 4.7
takeover
49 4.7
acquisition
147 4.6

Surface Forms

buyout singular
buyouts plural

Morphology

buyout = buy + out (transparent) = buy + out

The noun is transparently derived from the phrasal verb 'buy out' (buy + out) meaning to purchase completely; learners who know 'buy' and phrasal verbs with 'out' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Buyout is made of buy and out, where out means 'out of' a business, so a buyout originally meant paying to take someone's share and make them leave. So a buyout today usually means buying enough of a company to take control.