📖 Definitions of "Buy out"
verb
- 1
To purchase the entire stock or extent of something
- 2
To purchase the ownership of a company
- 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
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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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| buy upverb | (idiomatic, transitive) To buy the whole of; to purchase the entire stock of something. |
| take oververb | To 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 awayverb | To 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 ofverb | Alternative 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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