buy out

Other forms: bought out; buying out; buys out

Definitions of buy out
  1. verb
    take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
    synonyms: buy up, take over
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    type of:
    buy, purchase
    obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
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