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Buy out

To purchase the entire stock or extent of something

📖 Definitions of "Buy out"

verb
  1. 1

    To purchase the entire stock or extent of something

  2. 2

    To purchase the ownership of a company

  3. 3

    To close someone's contract by paying him or her a sum of money, the terms of which are often stated in the contract itself.

  4. 4

    To gain release for (a person) from military service by payment of money.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Buy out"

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WordDefinition
buy upverb(idiomatic, transitive) To buy the whole of; to purchase the entire stock of something.
take oververbTo assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.
sell upverb(intransitive) To sell one's business or other major asset (such as a home).
bail outverb(transitive, idiomatic) To rescue, especially financially.
sell outverb(intransitive) To abandon or betray one's principles to seek profit or other personal advantage; to abandon or betray one's supporters through this change.
sell awayverbTo sell all of an item or group of items.
clean outverb(transitive) To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents.
take someone for all they've gotverb(idiomatic) To totally deplete something from someone.
eat upverb(ambitransitive) To consume completely.
eat someone out of house and homeverb(idiomatic) To consume so much of someone's store of food that little or none is left for the owner.
outbargainverb(transitive) To outdo in bargaining.
underbuyverb(ambitransitive) To buy too little.
monopolizeverb(transitive) To dominate or to get total control of something by excluding everyone else.
unstockverb(transitive) To remove the stock (store or supply) from; to empty of goods.
squeeze outverb(transitive) (sports) To force (a competitor) out of one of a limited number of winning positions by taking over that position or a higher one.
get the best ofverbAlternative form of get the better of. [(transitive, idiomatic) To overwhelm or overcome.]
consumeverb(transitive) To eat.
empty outverb(transitive) To completely empty.
overquellverb(transitive) To quell or subdue completely; gain or have power over.
overrunverb(transitive) To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.

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