Definition of "buyout" []

• The purchase of the entire holdings or interests of an owner or investor. (noun)
• The purchase of a company or business: "If the workers do approve the buyout, their company will become the nation's largest employee-owned enterprise” ( Harry Anderson). (noun)

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• "These owners are either estatic over their good fortune or fearing that the details of the buyout is about to bring them down too."
• "Forstmann was a pioneer, a genius in business and a man that changed and coined the phrase "buyout"."
• "Crucell, whose management and board support a J & J buyout, is to be sold at a 58% premium for 4.5 times reported 2009 sales."