1. Acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock
   "a leveraged buyout by upper management can be used to combat hostile takeover bids"

1. Take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
   "The larger corporation bought out its struggling competitor";
   - take over, buy up

Derived forms: buying out, buyouts, buys out, bought out

See also: buy

Type of: acquisition, buy, purchase

Encyclopedia: Buyout