buyout

1 of 2

noun

buy·​out ˈbī-ˌau̇t 

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

buy out

2 of 2

verb

bought out; buying out; buys out

transitive verb

1

: to purchase the share or interest of

2

: to purchase the entire stock-in-trade and the goodwill of (a business)

Examples of buyout in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Another roughly 600 employees had been previously laid off or had accepted buyout offers. —Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025

The Trump Administration had already been whittling the agency’s staff, though buyout offers and the termination of probationary employees. —TIME, 12 Mar. 2025

Verb

The 28-year-old Australia native went on to play for the Brooklyn Nets in 2022, with the team buying out the remainder of his contract in February and Simmons subsequently signing with the Clippers. —Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2025

The Nets traded away Dennis Schroeder and Dorian Finney-Smith in December, then bought out Ben Simmons and waived Bojan Bogdanović in February. —Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1907, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing buyout

• leveraged buyout

Rhymes for buyout

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout
• dugout

Legal Definition

buyout

1 of 2 noun

buy·​out ˈbī-ˌau̇t 

: an act or instance of buying out

buy out

2 of 2 transitive verb

1

: to purchase the share or interest of

2

: to purchase the entire tangible and intangible assets of (a business)