cash out

verb

Updated on: 13 Apr 2018

Definition of cash out

transitive verb

: to convert (noncash assets) to cash

cash out stocks

intransitive verb

: to convert noncash assets to cash

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cash-out

noun

Recent Examples of cash out from the Web

The move comes shortly after Novartis chief executive Vasant Narasimhan agreed to cash out of its consumer health joint venture with GlaxoSmithKline.

— ed silverman, STAT, "Pharmalittle: Novartis pays $9 billion for gene therapy company; Merck’s Keytruda scores a win," 9 Apr. 2018
However, that can limit the opportunities for venture firms and their investors to cash out.

— andy rosen, BostonGlobe.com, "Another huge venture fund rises in Mass. as General Catalyst takes in $1.4b," 26 Mar. 2018
Cerberus attempted to sell Remington at the urging of investors and, in 2015, separated Remington Outdoor Co. from its funds and gave investors the opportunity to cash out of the company.

— lillian rizzo, WSJ, "Gun Maker Remington Seeks Bankruptcy Protection," 25 Mar. 2018
The company had considered going public, giving its private equity owners a way to cash out.

— michael corkery, idahostatesman, "In the age of Amazon, Toys R Us and other bankruptcies test private equity’s playbook | Idaho Statesman," 16 Mar. 2018
Karp has also raised the possibility of an initial public offering or some other kind of transaction to let existing shareholders cash out.

— bloomberg, latimes.com, "Peter Thiel's Palantir wins $876-million U.S. Army contract for battlefield software," 9 Mar. 2018
Greater access and visibility will only translate into assets if investors decide that moving their cash out of gun stocks will put pressure on weapons manufacturers.

— rachel evans, Bloomberg.com, "Gun-Free ETFs Are Everywhere But No One's Buying," 1 Mar. 2018
William Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management LP cashed out of its brief holding in Nike Inc.

— david benoit, WSJ, "Pershing Square Cashes Out of Nike Stake," 22 Mar. 2018
Wochit Democrat Hiral Tipirneni's West Valley congressional campaign has received the backing of a national group that wants to drive corporate cash out of politics.

— ronald j. hansen, azcentral, "Hiral Tipirneni gets backing of group opposed to corporate campaign cash," 21 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of cash out

1971

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cash out

transitive verb

legal Definition of cash out

1 : to prematurely redeem the securities of (a holder) often as part of a merger

the merging company will cash out the minority shareholders

2 a : to accept payment for (a security) in full often unwillingly

the shareholders were required to cash out their shares

b : to dispose of (one's goods or assets) by sale

cashed out his investment

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