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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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
Consider a founder or management team navigating a buyout or expansion.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
Michael Russo, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Following the pop icon's death in 2009, Jackson's shares went to his estate, which Sony bought out in 2016.
—Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
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Noun
That’s not exactly a new issue, Michael Phillips, the longtime Chicago Tribune film reviewer who’d recently taken a buyout, reminded me.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
Consider a founder or management team navigating a buyout or expansion.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
Not many get to buy out $98 million stars to set up their plan.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
Following the pop icon's death in 2009, Jackson's shares went to his estate, which Sony bought out in 2016.
—Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Buyout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buyout. Accessed 20 Oct. 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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