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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Tom Krisher, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
Musselman owes Arkansas a $1 million buyout for resigning to take the USC job.
—Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 5 Apr. 2024
Damian here with a look at a pivotal FDA approval, good news for a small biotech company, and why not all buyouts are worth writing home about.
—Damian Garde, STAT, 26 Mar. 2024
But Dutcher’s staff has no buyouts and are hot commodities, especially after the Aztecs proved last year wasn’t a fluke with a return trip to the Sweet 16.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2024
His fellow billionaire Henry Kravis, the buyout pioneer, is one of the few Jewish members of Palm Beach’s old-money Everglades Club, but not Mr. Peltz.
—Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
More:The impact of GM's return-to-office policy for businesses inside Detroit's landmark
More:Here is when to expect GM's $50,000 buyout program for union workers to launch
Contact Jamie L. LaReau: jlareau@freepress.com.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024
Louisville also owes Payne $8 million as part of a buyout agreement, and is paying former coach Chris Mack monthly increments of $133,333.33 until Jan. 31, 2025, per the Louisville Courier-Journal.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The last major social media buyout was Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover in 2022.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
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
After a show at the 500-capacity George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville, Ark., attendees bought out the venue for a second night so Illenium could play again.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2024
The cases have since been resolved, and the city opted in 2022 to buy out the remaining Ash Street lease obligations.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
The British government is now the main owner of Sizewell C, having bought out a minority stake held by China General Nuclear, a Chinese state company.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
Or buy out the island The compound is surrounded by a white picket fence, as if this were just another slice of residential Americana.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
The county's next big extra expense, just under $28 million, was buying out Gilbert's organization from a future parking fees collection deal so that justice center employees can park for free at work.
—Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2024
Noun
Since then, about 5,000 white-collar workers at GM took early retirement buyouts, and may workers are still on a hybrid office-home work schedule, so GM needs less office space.
—Tom Krisher, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
Musselman owes Arkansas a $1 million buyout for resigning to take the USC job.
—Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 5 Apr. 2024
Damian here with a look at a pivotal FDA approval, good news for a small biotech company, and why not all buyouts are worth writing home about.
—Damian Garde, STAT, 26 Mar. 2024
But Dutcher’s staff has no buyouts and are hot commodities, especially after the Aztecs proved last year wasn’t a fluke with a return trip to the Sweet 16.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2024
His fellow billionaire Henry Kravis, the buyout pioneer, is one of the few Jewish members of Palm Beach’s old-money Everglades Club, but not Mr. Peltz.
—Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
More:The impact of GM's return-to-office policy for businesses inside Detroit's landmark
More:Here is when to expect GM's $50,000 buyout program for union workers to launch
Contact Jamie L. LaReau: jlareau@freepress.com.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024
Louisville also owes Payne $8 million as part of a buyout agreement, and is paying former coach Chris Mack monthly increments of $133,333.33 until Jan. 31, 2025, per the Louisville Courier-Journal.
—Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The last major social media buyout was Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover in 2022.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
Verb
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
After a show at the 500-capacity George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville, Ark., attendees bought out the venue for a second night so Illenium could play again.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2024
The cases have since been resolved, and the city opted in 2022 to buy out the remaining Ash Street lease obligations.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
The British government is now the main owner of Sizewell C, having bought out a minority stake held by China General Nuclear, a Chinese state company.
—Stanley Reed, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
Or buy out the island The compound is surrounded by a white picket fence, as if this were just another slice of residential Americana.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
The county's next big extra expense, just under $28 million, was buying out Gilbert's organization from a future parking fees collection deal so that justice center employees can park for free at work.
—Detroit Free Press, 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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