buyout.

A purchase that transfers ownership or control of a business or an owner's interest.

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Words that belong together

• management buyout
• employee buyout

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The employee buyout kept the workshop open.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular buyout; plural buyouts. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, business. Commonness: moderately common.