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BUY OUT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does buy out mean?

• BUY OUT (verb)
The verb BUY OUT has 1 sense:

1. take over ownership of; of corporations and companies

Familiarity information: BUY OUT used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BUY OUT (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Take over ownership of; of corporations and companies

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

buy out; buy up; take over

Hypernyms (to "buy out" is one way to...):

buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The men buy out the chairs

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