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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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
In 2021, Swinney signed a 10-year, $115 million extension with Clemson that runs through the 2031 season, with outlets reporting a buyout in the neighborhood of $60 million in 2025 ($57 million in 2026), meaning Clemson would face a massive program-shifting payout to part ways immediately.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025
At least two, White Electric in Providence, and Darwin’s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, were bought out from recalcitrant owners and turned into worker co-ops.
—Bryce Covert, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025
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Noun
His buyout with Tennessee was $3 million.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
In 2021, Swinney signed a 10-year, $115 million extension with Clemson that runs through the 2031 season, with outlets reporting a buyout in the neighborhood of $60 million in 2025 ($57 million in 2026), meaning Clemson would face a massive program-shifting payout to part ways immediately.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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
At least two, White Electric in Providence, and Darwin’s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, were bought out from recalcitrant owners and turned into worker co-ops.
—Bryce Covert, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025
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“Buyout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buyout. Accessed 15 Nov. 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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