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buyout

[ bahy-out ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of buying out, especially of buying all or a controlling percentage of the shares in a company.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of buyout1

First recorded in 1970–75
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An additional 85 professional court staff members — including 19 judges, interpreters, legal assistants and IT specialists took buyouts after receiving a “Fork in the Road” email that offered federal workers “deferred resignations.”

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Most recently, the housing authority has offered buyouts for the Reclaimers to leave voluntarily.

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But the order comes after President Trump slashed about 1,000 National Park Service workers this year, with many hundreds more taking buyouts.

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They’ve offered all employees buyouts with a year’s pay, backed by the threat of layoffs if they don’t accept.

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This has been done directly through buyouts, retirements and terminations.

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