buyout

1 of 2

noun

buy·​out ˈbī-ˌau̇t 

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

buy out

2 of 2

verb

bought out; buying out; buys out

transitive verb

1

: to purchase the share or interest of

2

: to purchase the entire stock-in-trade and the goodwill of (a business)

Examples of buyout in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The situation at Florida State, where Mike Norvell is trying to close strong and give his bosses a reason to save $55 million on his buyout, could influence Franklin’s next move. —Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025

The buyout firm has held talks with Sealed Air about its interest in taking the company private, according to Bloomberg . —Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025

Verb

Dozens of cyclists took to the streets on Sunday to buy out everything food vendors were selling — many impacted by immigration arrests across the city — in an effort to keep community business owners afloat. —Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025

Pharmacy giant Walgreens will no longer give most of its workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, just after being bought out by a private equity company for $10 billion. —Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1907, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing buyout

• leveraged buyout

Rhymes for buyout

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout
• dugout

Legal Definition

buyout

1 of 2 noun

buy·​out ˈbī-ˌau̇t 

: an act or instance of buying out

buy out

2 of 2 transitive verb

1

: to purchase the share or interest of

2

: to purchase the entire tangible and intangible assets of (a business)