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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ProPublica, 20 July 2025
His buyout wasn’t official as of Saturday afternoon.
—Khobi Price, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2025
Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Berkshire Hathaway Energy has bought out joint-venture partners and has even gotten into bidding wars for assets.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 21 July 2025
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Noun
As of early May, 1,536 employees — nearly a third of the rural development office — had taken the buyout, according to USDA documents outlining the results of the Trump administration’s two financial incentive offers to quit.
—ProPublica, 20 July 2025
His buyout wasn’t official as of Saturday afternoon.
—Khobi Price, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2025
Verb
Adding Cole Anthony On A Veteran’s Minimum After being included in the Desmond Bane trade, Cole Anthony was bought out by the Memphis Grizzlies.
—Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Berkshire Hathaway Energy has bought out joint-venture partners and has even gotten into bidding wars for assets.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 21 July 2025
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“Buyout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buyout. Accessed 30 Jul. 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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