buy out phrasal

buy out phrasal
verb
1 (transitive buy someone/something out) to buy someone's shares share 2 (6) of a business that you previously owned together, so that you have complete control
-see also: buyout
2 (transitive buy someone out of something) to pay money so that someone can leave an organization such as the army before their contract has finished

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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