Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun buy_out

1 sense of buyout

Sense 1
buyout -- (acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock)
       => acquisition -- (the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb buy_out

1 sense of buy out

Sense 1
take over, buy out, buy up -- (take over ownership of; of corporations and companies)
       => buy, purchase -- (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store")