1
: an act or instance of buying out
2
: a financial incentive offered to an employee in exchange for an early retirement or voluntary resignation
bought out; buying out; buys out
1
: to purchase the share or interest of
2
: to purchase the entire stock-in-trade and the goodwill of (a business)
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Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2025
Federal spending also played a sizable role, a reflection of the large uptick in defense spending as well as buyouts for federal workers, part of efforts to ultimately lower government spending.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025
Such was the case with Laura Ashley, which the company bought out of administration in 2020 and boosted it to $750 million in annual retail revenues before selling it to Marquee Brands a year ago.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 16 Dec. 2025
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Noun
It was transformed into the seven-room Eleven Rio Palena Lodge, an upscale 45-acre hideaway with a wraparound terrace overlooking the Palena River, where double rooms are bookable from $4,092 per night, and private buyouts will cost you $29,730 per night, with a three or four-night stay minimum.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2025
Federal spending also played a sizable role, a reflection of the large uptick in defense spending as well as buyouts for federal workers, part of efforts to ultimately lower government spending.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
Verb
Later Cobb and his brother-in-law, Jack Lyon, bought out the others and turned the Idaho Statesman into a major newspaper.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025
Such was the case with Laura Ashley, which the company bought out of administration in 2020 and boosted it to $750 million in annual retail revenues before selling it to Marquee Brands a year ago.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Buyout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buyout. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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buyout
1 of 2 noun
buy·out
ˈbī-ˌau̇t 
: an act or instance of buying out
buy out
2 of 2 transitive verb1
: to purchase the share or interest of
2
: to purchase the entire tangible and intangible assets of (a business)
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