a way of taking control of a company by buying its shares using borrowed money, with the intention of using money from the company to pay back what has been borrowed
Synonyms and related words
Stocks and shares and the stock exchange
bear
bearish
bear market
leveraged buyout
noun countable business
US /ˌlev(ə)rɪdʒd ˈbaɪaʊt/
Word Forms
singular
leveraged buyout
plural
leveraged buyouts
DEFINITIONS1
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a way of taking control of a company by buying its stocks using borrowed money, with the intention of using money from the company to pay back what has been borrowed