"buyout" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-buyout.wav Forms: buyouts [plural], buy-out [alternative]
Etymology: Deverbal of buy out. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|buy out}} Deverbal of buy out Head templates: {{en-noun}} buyout (plural buyouts)
  1. (finance) The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock. Categories (topical): Finance, Stock market Translations (acquisition of a controlling interest): yritysosto (Finnish), 企業買収 (kigyō-baishū) (Japanese), uppköp [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-buyout-en-noun-LeyWueVc Disambiguation of Stock market: 81 19 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English deverbals: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of 'acquisition of a controlling interest': 80 20
  2. The use of grant monies to pay for another person to perform the usual duties, especially teaching duties, of someone engaged on the funded project.
    Sense id: en-buyout-en-noun-lUbJ9k75 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antibuyout, leveraged buyout, management buyout, postbuyout, prebuyout, teaching buyout Related terms: buy out [verb], merger, sellout, takeover

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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