Dictionary

buyout en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Deverbal from buy out.

Meanings

1. The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.
   • The Central Intelligence Agency on Tuesday became the first major national security agency to offer so-called buyouts to its entire workforce, a CIA spokesperson and two other sources familiar with the offer said, part of President Donald Trump’s broad effort to shrink the federal government and shape it to his agenda. 2025 February 4, Katie Bo Lillis and Kaitlan Collins, “CIA sends ‘buyout’ offers to entire workforce”, in CNN:
   • Those orders frustrated the administration’s attempt to bring a quick close to the so-called buyout offer. 2025 February 12, Paula Reid, Tami Luhby and Devan Cole, “Federal judge lets Trump’s ‘buyout’ plan for federal employees proceed”, in CNN:
2. The use of grant monies to pay for another person to perform the usual duties, especially teaching duties, of someone engaged on the funded project.

Forms

Deriveds

postbuyout · management buyout · prebuyout · antibuyout · teaching buyout · leveraged buyout

Relateds

takeover · merger · buy out · sellout

Translations (5)

sv uppköp (acquisition of a controlling interest) · ja 企業買収 (acquisition of a controlling interest) · fi yritysosto (acquisition of a controlling interest) · pl wykup (acquisition of a controlling interest) · es compra accionaria empresarial (acquisition of a controlling interest)