1
: an act or instance of buying out
2
: a financial incentive offered to an employee in exchange for an early retirement or voluntary resignation
bought out; buying out; buys out
1
: to purchase the share or interest of
2
: to purchase the entire stock-in-trade and the goodwill of (a business)
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Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
Thousands of employees have accepted early buyout offers, interim leaders have changed what identification can be used and modification to technology behind the scenes caused multiple website failures.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 4 June 2025
AFAR Media, 23 May 2025
The Pirates' ace is under team control until 2029 and while the Pirates could buy out many of the arbitration years with an extension the Bob Nutting ownership tenure is not known for spending big, only spending a total of $19.95 million this past offseason.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
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Noun
In the publishing world, the past century has seen hundreds of small presses, through a long process of buyouts and mergers, fuse together into the five big publishing houses that now dominate 80 percent of all books published in the United States each year.
—Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
Thousands of employees have accepted early buyout offers, interim leaders have changed what identification can be used and modification to technology behind the scenes caused multiple website failures.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Verb
Those seeking an exclusive experience in the BVI can buy out Necker Island, which consists of Balinese villas with space for 48 adults and six children.
—AFAR Media, 23 May 2025
The Pirates' ace is under team control until 2029 and while the Pirates could buy out many of the arbitration years with an extension the Bob Nutting ownership tenure is not known for spending big, only spending a total of $19.95 million this past offseason.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
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“Buyout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buyout. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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buyout
1 of 2 noun
buy·out
ˈbī-ˌau̇t 
: an act or instance of buying out
buy out
2 of 2 transitive verb1
: to purchase the share or interest of
2
: to purchase the entire tangible and intangible assets of (a business)
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