buy out
Example Sentences
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Some existing shareholders of the startup didn’t expect the company to be bought out so quickly, the people said.
Thousands of jobs are set to be saved after part of energy services firm Petrofac was bought out of administration.
From BBC
A portion of the Beaverton, Ore., company’s assets will be bought out by existing investors and run as a separate company, Kimber said.
That also meant, in some cases, buying out their game contract with that school.
From Los Angeles Times
However, he ended up in a power struggle with the founders and was eventually bought out.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
