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Definition 1
Purchase of the controlling stock or shares of a firm by its own management. If borrowed funds are used in the buyout, it is called a 'leveraged buyout.'
Definition 2
Purchase by a publicly traded firm of its outstanding (held by the public) stock to thwart a takeover attempt, or to take the firm off the stockmarket for converting it into a private company.
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buyout is in the Banking, Commerce & Finance, Entrepreneurship, Management, & Leadership and Securities & Futures Trading subjects.
buyout appears in the definitions of the following terms: exit strategy, shotgun clause, mezzanine financing, stub stock, recapitalization and spinoff
buyout appears in these other terms: leveraged buyout (LBO), disability buy-out insurance
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