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  • noun Plural form of buy-out.

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Examples

  • As leveraged buy-outs grew bigger and bigger, so did the salaries of the top deal-makers, and the size of their funds.

    Humble P.E. Julian Evans 2011

  • The company, which owns 49 per cent stake in India's second-largest credit information bureau, Experian Credit Information Company of India Pvt Limited, is scouting for buy-outs in web analytics, knowledge process outsourcing, business information and digital marketing.

    Morning News Roundup Deals India Staff 2011

  • The left is cheering a study commissioned by the Census Bureau that found that companies bought by private-equity firms suffer more job losses soon after a buy-out than similar firms that didn't experience buy-outs.

    The Bain Capital Bonfire 2012

  • Already, employers are offering employees what are effectively buy-outs of health care — higher pay in return for reduced health care benefits.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » But What Happens if People Actually Change Their Behavior? 2010

  • Much of the financial sector's money was tied up in leveraged buy-outs and corporate takeovers -- this is precisely the kind of behavior, along with foolish so-called "free trade" deals and union busting, that has undercut the middle-class and set us on a course of a declining standard of living.

    Jonathan Tasini: Wall Street Pay 'Vaults to Record Altitude' Jonathan Tasini 2011

  • We did it primarily through attrition and some buy-outs.

    Tom Fox: Robert Reich on Bringing Tenacity to Public Leadership Tom Fox 2011

  • Much of the financial sector's money was tied up in leveraged buy-outs and corporate takeovers -- this is precisely the kind of behavior, along with foolish so-called "free trade" deals and union busting, that has undercut the middle-class and set us on a course of a declining standard of living.

    Jonathan Tasini: Wall Street Pay 'Vaults to Record Altitude' Jonathan Tasini 2011

  • Inc., among others, and led the buy-outs of Sports Authority Inc. and Petco Animal Supplies Inc.

    Leonard Green Eyes BJ's Wholesale Club Adam Cancryn 2010

  • Consequently, America has already spent hundreds of billions of public dollars on buy-outs, stimulus packages, and cash for clunkers, in an effort to prevent further crisis.

    Gordon Laird: Black Friday Forever: Can Shopping Save America? 2010

  • Consequently, America has already spent hundreds of billions of public dollars on buy-outs, stimulus packages, and cash for clunkers, in an effort to prevent further crisis.

    Black Friday Forever: Can Shopping Save America? 2010

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