单词 | to buy out |
释义 | > as lemmasto buy out to buy out ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > ransom > [verb (transitive)] acquit?c1225 raim?c1225 to buy out1297 borrowa1300 ransoma1382 to put (a person) to (his or her) finance1418 raquite1454 loose1473 redeem?a1475 overbuya1525 redempa1525 remerce1559 reescate1645 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > deliver or redeem freeOE buyc1175 quita1250 frelsc1250 to buy out1297 out-takea1350 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) 7879 Þe laȝheboc Badd Issraæle þeode Aȝȝ biggenn ut unnclene deor Wiþþ fife wehhte off sillferr. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 10207 Hor maistres hom out bouȝte. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 306 Pirati..hade taken the sone of a gret myȝty man, and brouȝt him to þe prison of þe Emperour, faste y-bounde. This yong man wrote to his fadir, praying him to bey him out. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. ii. 5 Not being able to buy out his life. View more context for this quotation 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 291 By whom, wee are..bought out from the bondage of sin. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. xxxvii. 51 If anything bad happens to Felix, I may as well go and sit in the parish Pound, and nobody to buy me out. Π c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) 7873 Þuss birrþ himm..biggen ut att Drihhtin swa All hiss unnclene dede þurrh rihht shriffte. 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. St. Paule to Galathians ii. f. 81v [Men] babbling paternosters to buy out their sinnes, and..gadding on pilgrimage to get there the things which in poperie are tearmed the workes of supererogation. 3. a. transitive. To remove or get rid of (a burden, penalty, etc.) by making some form of payment; to purchase one's release from (an obligation, condition, contract, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > pay to be rid of outbuyc1300 to buy out1598 redeem1705 to buy off1851 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. ii. 23 They haue bought out their seruices. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 90 Dreading the curse [sc. excommunication] that money may buy out . View more context for this quotation 1828 Ld. Grenville Sinking Fund 42 A landed proprietor..buys out..a rent-charge with which it [sc. his estate] is burthened. 1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 875 Money paid in order to buy out the execution [sc. of a writ]. 1993 Sports Illustr. 3 May 29/1 The Lions ponied up some big money to buy out that pesky no-trade clause. 1997 Football Europe Aug. 4/1 Were another club to seek to buy out Predrag Mijatovic's contract, for example, they would now have to stump up a staggering £100 million to buy him out of a contract that runs until the year 2003. b. transitive (chiefly reflexive). To release (a person) from an obligation, duty, agreement, contract, etc., by payment; (formerly often) to purchase a discharge from the armed services for (a person) (now chiefly historical); to release (a professional athlete) from his or her contract before its completion date. Π 1756 C. ANSTEY Mem. Noted Buckhorse II. xxv. 238 I that had done so much for the Fellow, made him a Gentleman.., bought him out of the Army, and maintained him like a Lord. 1850 D. Jerrold Catspaw v. 58 I have bought him out, and—(handing parchment to Captain)—and there is the receipt. 1958 Daily Tel. 16 Jan. 11/5 (headline) Addis..parted with his life savings of £75 to buy himself out of the Army last September... Then he received a call-up notice [for national service]. 1991 A. Eagleson & S. Young Power Play vii. 143 What we did late in August of 1977 was make a deal that would relieve the NHL clubs by allowing them to buy out players they didn't want to keep. In such cases they would pay one-third of the balance due on a signed contract after the players involved cleared waivers (by which other clubs could pick up players they wanted). 2000 T. Carew Jihad! (2001) i. 21 By this time I had been in long enough to have enough to buy myself out—or ‘discharge by purchase’ as the jargon had it. 4. a. transitive. To pay (a person) to give up a property, a share of something, a right, etc.In quot. c1325 referring to a person paying a higher price in order to pre-empt another bidder. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > dispossess by payment to buy out1644 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 7778 So þat hii þat bode mest broȝte out monion...me boȝte [a1400 Trin. Cambr. broute] is out wiþ wou.] 1644 J. Goodwin Θεομαχια 26 By buying out some Inhabitant, or by purchasing ground. 1753 S. Hopkins Hist. Mem. Housatunnuk Indians 51 Being reduc'd, he was oblig'd to sell. Some Gentlemen therefore bought him out, and gave the Land to the Indians. 1840 R. H. Barham Leech of Folkestone in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 117 A Yeoman of Kent, With his yearly rent, Will buy them out all three! 1885 Spectator 25 July 967/1 In so far as the landlords are bought out. 1922 Printer's Ink 2 Mar. 146/2 Gradually he bought out the owners until he possessed practically the entire stock of the company. 2009 Guardian 4 May 24/3 Some hedge funds try to block restructuring deals, in the expectation that other lenders will buy them out. b. transitive. To gain control of (a property, a share of something, a right, etc.) by purchase; to purchase a controlling share of (a company, business, etc.). Π 1805 G. Caines Cases Argued & Determined Court for Trial of Impeachments State of N.-Y. I. 74 Ker, wishing to buy out the interest of Cochran, agreed [etc.]. 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. ii. 31 He bought out the Mackinaw Company, and merged that and the American Fur Company into a new association. 1898 Economist 8 Oct. 1459/1 The Havemeyers..announced their intention of going into the coffee business. This they did by buying out a controlling interest in the principal competitor of the Arbuckles. 1994 Maclean's (Toronto) 7 Nov. 56/3 The Cineplex-Odeon board allowed him and Gottlieb to buy out the company's live entertainment division. 2005 H. Mantel Beyond Black xi. 360 In the seventies it was bought out by a steakhouse chain. < as lemmas |
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