- an act or instance of buying out, especially of buying all or a controlling percentage of the shares in a company.
- to purchase the ownership, controlling interest, shares, etc, of (a company, etc)
- to gain the release of (a person) from the armed forces by payment of money
- to pay (a person) once and for all to give up (property, interest, etc)
- the purchase of a company, esp by its former management or staff
