bought out
Took over completely
Bought out is the past tense of buy out, meaning to purchase someone's share or stake in something.
A business partner might be bought out by the remaining owners: She was bought out for two million dollars.
It also means to purchase all available stock or tickets: The show was bought out within hours.
To be bought out can suggest being paid to leave or stay silent.
- purchasedAcquired through payment
- acquiredCame to possess
- taken overAssumed control of
- cashedExchanged for currency
- golden parachuteLucrative exit agreement
takeover · swallowed · merger · privatization · ousted · sell-off · deal · white knight · transaction · cash offer · sold · sale · boardroom · board meeting · payout · negotiated · stockholders · acquisition
transaction direction
bought outsold off
Disposed of commercially
divested · sold out · cashed out · liquidated · offloaded