buy out

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. to purchase the entire stock or extent of something idiomatic,transitive
    — […] the present Earl had no colour or pretence of right to the estate; and yet the appellants had thought fit to buy him out, […]
  2. to purchase the ownership of a company transitive
  3. To close someone's contract by paying him or her a sum of money, the terms of which are often stated in the contract itself.
    — A standard NHL contract, agreed to by both players and owners, has what is called a buy-out clause. If a player's performance deteriorates to the point that he is put on waivers and there are no takers, meaning nobody in the NHL wants him, his club can buy him out at one-third of what's left on the contract.
  4. To gain release for (a person) from military service by payment of money. transitive
  5. To avoid a punishment or escape a difficult situation. US,dated,intransitive,slang
    — You always manage to buy out at the last second.

词形变化

buys out present,singular,third-person buying out participle,present bought out participle,past bought out past

词汇关系

衍生词
buy-out buyout
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