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)
Examples of buyout in a Sentence
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
Proposals under discussion would let buyout firms individually acquire as much 10% of a team, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are confidential.
—Randall Williams, Fortune, 7 May 2024
Peloton’s shares were up over 13% in mid-morning trading as a number of private equity firms consider a potential buyout of the at-home fitness company, as per a CNBC report.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 7 May 2024
The intensifying scrutiny of the acquisition has raised expectations that the $15 billion buyout could ultimately be scuttled by the Biden administration.
—Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 3 May 2024
Meanwhile, the Paramount board’s special committee will review the joint Sony-Apollo offer, floating a $26 billion all-cash buyout premium, after the May 3 expiration of the Skydance negotiating window.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 May 2024
In 2020, the Detroit Free Press reported that, nationally, 170-180 of Cadillac's 870 dealers, or about 20%, took buyouts that range from $300,000 to $700,000 to give up their franchise rather than make the investment for tools, training, equipment and charging stations to sell and service EVs.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2024
Another $500,000 in federal funding is going toward other work related to the sale during a 270-day period, including the county negotiating a buyout of hotel franchise fees, obtaining a private appraisal and conducting a title review.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2024
Most of the 10 schools are in less-than-ideal position to swallow significant buyouts if the head coach flounders next season.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 May 2024
This is the scenario that many vocal nonvoting investors would prefer, believing that the Ellison proposal to buy out Shari Redstone’s controlling shares would leave them holding the bag.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
Morgan said more than half of his customers who buy currently available Volvo EVs initially lease them to qualify for the U.S. tax credit — then immediately buy out the lease.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2024
Less than a year earlier, Elliott had advised the council to reject the mayor’s plan to buy out the Ash Street and Civic Center Plaza leases and said the case should proceed to trial.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
The 37-year-old Philadelphia native had his contract bought out and was released over the weekend by Charlotte, which acquired him from Miami last month.
—Tom Withers, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
Robert Rowling Rowling bought out Omni hotels in 1996 after selling his family’s oilfields.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024
Apple has bought out roughly 32 young AI companies in 2023.
—Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
How student housing around USC is transforming a historic Black and Latino neighborhood
Developers have been buying out longtime homeowners in South L.A., transforming a neighborhood west of USC away from single-family homes to modern student housing.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Noun
LAist staffers offered buyouts ahead of possible layoffs at public radio station.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
Proposals under discussion would let buyout firms individually acquire as much 10% of a team, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are confidential.
—Randall Williams, Fortune, 7 May 2024
Peloton’s shares were up over 13% in mid-morning trading as a number of private equity firms consider a potential buyout of the at-home fitness company, as per a CNBC report.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 7 May 2024
The intensifying scrutiny of the acquisition has raised expectations that the $15 billion buyout could ultimately be scuttled by the Biden administration.
—Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 3 May 2024
Meanwhile, the Paramount board’s special committee will review the joint Sony-Apollo offer, floating a $26 billion all-cash buyout premium, after the May 3 expiration of the Skydance negotiating window.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 May 2024
In 2020, the Detroit Free Press reported that, nationally, 170-180 of Cadillac's 870 dealers, or about 20%, took buyouts that range from $300,000 to $700,000 to give up their franchise rather than make the investment for tools, training, equipment and charging stations to sell and service EVs.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2024
Another $500,000 in federal funding is going toward other work related to the sale during a 270-day period, including the county negotiating a buyout of hotel franchise fees, obtaining a private appraisal and conducting a title review.
—Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2024
Most of the 10 schools are in less-than-ideal position to swallow significant buyouts if the head coach flounders next season.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2024
Verb
The company released its Q1 2024 earnings report Thursday, which is likely to be one of its last as a public company as Endeavor awaits the completion of its deal to be bought out at $27.50 per share in cash by private-equity firm Silver Lake.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 May 2024
This is the scenario that many vocal nonvoting investors would prefer, believing that the Ellison proposal to buy out Shari Redstone’s controlling shares would leave them holding the bag.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
Morgan said more than half of his customers who buy currently available Volvo EVs initially lease them to qualify for the U.S. tax credit — then immediately buy out the lease.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2024
Less than a year earlier, Elliott had advised the council to reject the mayor’s plan to buy out the Ash Street and Civic Center Plaza leases and said the case should proceed to trial.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
The 37-year-old Philadelphia native had his contract bought out and was released over the weekend by Charlotte, which acquired him from Miami last month.
—Tom Withers, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
Robert Rowling Rowling bought out Omni hotels in 1996 after selling his family’s oilfields.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2024
Apple has bought out roughly 32 young AI companies in 2023.
—Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
How student housing around USC is transforming a historic Black and Latino neighborhood
Developers have been buying out longtime homeowners in South L.A., transforming a neighborhood west of USC away from single-family homes to modern student housing.
—Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
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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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