A buyout is the buying of a company, especially by its managers or employees.
[business]
It is thought that a management buyout is one option.
2. See also MBO
buyout in British English
(ˈbaɪaʊt)
noun
the acquisition of a controlling share in a company
Last month, Metcash concluded the buyout of its South African parent Metoz.
See also management buyout
buyout in American English
(bɪˌaʊt)
noun
1.
the act of buying out a business or an owner of a business; specif., the gaining of control of a corporation through the acquisition of shares of its stock
2.
a compensation package offered to employees to induce them to retire early
Examples of 'buyout' in a sentence
buyout
He set about transforming the company via a limited management buyout.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He has a buyout clause and we want our money back.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He had a buyout clause of four or five million.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
A management buyout is one possibility.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
City financiers behind the move, will sit at their round table today to sift through a rich list of applicants ready to back a buyout.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Some, with the money to do so, have handed the problem over to an insurance company in a buyout.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It paid between about 80m for the paint maker in 2006 as part of a management buyout from the family owners.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In other languages
buyout
British English: buyout /ˈbaɪˌaʊt/ NOUN
A buyout is the buying of a company, especially by its managers or employees.
...a management buyout.
American English: buyout
Arabic: شِراء كامِل
Brazilian Portuguese: aquisição do controle de uma empresa
Chinese: 全部买下
Croatian: otkup
Czech: vykoupení odprodej
Danish: opkøb
Dutch: opkoop
European Spanish: compra de una compañía
Finnish: yritysosto
French: rachat
German: Aufkauf
Greek: εξαγορά
Italian: acquisizione
Japanese: 買収
Korean: 매점
Norwegian: oppkjøp
Polish: wykup
European Portuguese: aquisição do controlo de uma empresa
Romanian: achiziție prioritar majoritară
Russian: выкуп
Latin American Spanish: compra de la totalidad de las acciones