buyout

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buy·out /ˈbaɪaʊt/ noun [countableC]

BFa situation in which someone gains control of a company by buying all or most of its shares 控制股权收购

a management buyout

管理层收购

→ buy out at buy1

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buyout• AT&T successfully negotiated a buyout of McCaw Cellular.• Reports of negotiations have persisted since the Wall Street Journal reported last month that a buyout was imminent.• It was not a typical privatization, since all shares were sold to employees - what we call an employee buyout.• Financing buyouts has, however, retained its popularity given the greater security involved in such a deal.• Goodrich had approached Rohr about a friendly buyout several months ago, he said.• Some numbers crunchers predict that few non-defense employees will get buyouts this year under the authority that ends in December.• Co., the New York-based leveraged buyout specialist, sources said.• In the previous year only 53% of buyouts came from corporate restructuring.

From Longman Business Dictionary

buyoutbuy·out /ˈbaɪaʊt/ (also buy-out) noun [countableC]FINANCE

1when a person or organization buys a business

The company has accepted a buyout offer of $44.50 a share.

2FINANCE when a person or organization buys all the shares in a company owned by a particular shareholder

The company said it was continuing to negotiate a buyout of minority stakeholders.

3HUMAN RESOURCES money given to someone to persuade them to leave a company

The airline plans to cut its payroll by 5,000, mainly through buyouts.

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