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buyout bid

buyout bid

1 5.9
An offer to buy all the shares a person or company owns in a business
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : oferta de compra

Examples

  • Best Buy still has an $8.5 billion buyout bid on the table from founder and former CEO Richard Schulze, though he is reportedly planning to revise his offer in an effort to make it more attractive.

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  • After extensive negotiations, the company announced a buyout bid to acquire its competitor's assets.

  • The investor submitted a formal buyout bid for the company, hoping to take control of its operations.

  • He was excited about the buyout bid she had made, believing it could lead to greater market opportunities.

Synonyms

offer
vsbuyout bid
∞ 1.0

A suggestion to buy something or to give someone a job

refers specifically to buying an owner's entire shareholding in a company
bid
vsbuyout bid
232 2.7

An offer of money to buy something, often at an auction

means a complete purchase of an owner's company shares rather than a single price proposal
tender
vsbuyout bid
  • UK
8 7.2

An official written offer to do work for a set price

is the corporate purchase of an owner's entire shareholding rather than a general written offer
takeover bid
vsbuyout bid
  • Jargon
4 4.2

An offer to buy enough shares in a company to gain control

aims to acquire all shares rather than just control
tender offer
vsbuyout bid
  • Specialized
2 7.5

An offer to buy a company's shares at a higher price than the market

targets buying whole holdings rather than a premium share purchase
bear hug
vsbuyout bid
  • Jargon
1 8.1

An offer to buy a company at a very high price that its directors feel they must accept

is a straightforward purchase of all shares without using pressure tactics
any-and-all bid
vsbuyout bid
  • Specialized
9.3

An offer to buy all shares that current shareholders want to sell

is focused on buying all holdings of a single owner or entity
two-tier bid
vsbuyout bid
  • Specialized
8.1

An offer to buy shares that pays more for control shares and less for others

is an even-price purchase of all holdings rather than tiered pricing

Antonyms

selloff
  • Specialized
4 6.3

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

How Aggressive

hostile takeover
  • Specialized
12 5.8
takeover bid
  • Jargon
4 4.2
buyout bid
  • Specialized
1 5.9
to offer
218 1.4
approach
14 3.4

Surface Forms

buyout bid singular
buyout bids plural

Morphology

buyout + bid

The meaning is directly compositional: 'buyout' (an acquisition of a controlling share) combined with 'bid' (an offered amount) yields an offer to purchase a company's shares. This noun+noun compound follows normal English compounding and has clear parallels in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Buyout bid comes from a simple business image: a bid is an offer and to buy out someone is to buy all their shares so they leave the company. So a buyout bid is an offer to buy all of a person's or group's shares, which is why it means 'an offer to purchase all of an individual's or entity's shares or holdings in a company'.