Buy out meaning
Buy out is a phrasal verb that means to purchase another person's share of a company or property and become its sole owner.
- Past simple
- bought out
- Past participle
- bought out
- -ing form
- buying out
What buy out means
purchase remaining shareB2
To purchase another person's share of a company or property and become its sole owner
The founders bought out their final outside investor.
Similar phrasal verbs
With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out.
Common questions
What does buy out mean?
To purchase another person's share of a company or property and become its sole owner.
What is the past tense of buy out?
Bought out, which is also its past participle.
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