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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Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
Protecting that asset was why LSU was willing to eat a $54 million buyout to make Kiffin’s predecessor, Brian Kelly, go away midway through his fourth underwhelming, but winning, season.
—Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
Most recently, the nonprofit that maintains the eagle camera has been working to raise money to buy out developers that want to put shoreline homes in Jackie and Shadow's territory.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 11 May 2026
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Noun
Both of them are now out of a job, collecting substantial buyouts in the process.
—Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
Protecting that asset was why LSU was willing to eat a $54 million buyout to make Kiffin’s predecessor, Brian Kelly, go away midway through his fourth underwhelming, but winning, season.
—Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
Verb
Both came to the Lakers last offseason after being bought out of their respective contracts – Ayton with the Portland Trail Blazers and Smart with the Washington Wizards – during free agency.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
Most recently, the nonprofit that maintains the eagle camera has been working to raise money to buy out developers that want to put shoreline homes in Jackie and Shadow's territory.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 11 May 2026
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“Buyout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buyout. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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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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