buy-out
Purchase of ownership
A buy-out is the purchase of a controlling share in a company, or the purchase of someone's stake in a business or property.
In a leveraged buy-out, the acquisition is financed largely with borrowed money.
Buy-out also refers to paying someone to relinquish a position or contract early: The network offered him a buy-out to leave before his contract expired.
Corporate combination
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- purchaseGoods obtained for payment
- dealAgreement or distribution
- transactionExchange of goods/money
acquisition · agreement · contract · consolidation · leveraged · hostile · friendly · tender offer
Legal right of possession
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- controlling interestShares sufficient for dominance
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- governanceHow authority is exercised
voting rights · leadership · direction · stewardship · decision-making · majority control · power · influence
Capital for unlisted companies
- venture capitalStartup growth financing
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- stakeSharpened post or share
- majority stakeOver half of ownership
shareholder · capital · funding · leverage · capitalization · portfolio · institutional investor · angel investor
Disposal of assets
- sell-offRapid mass divestiture
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
- golden parachuteLucrative exit agreement
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
handover · succession · payout · proceeds · windfall · departure · transition · escrow
merger
Corporate combination
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- purchaseGoods obtained for payment
- dealAgreement or distribution
transaction · acquisition · agreement · contract · consolidation · leveraged · hostile · friendly · tender offer · bid
ownership
Legal right of possession
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- controlling interestShares sufficient for dominance
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
governance · voting rights · leadership · direction · stewardship · decision-making · majority control · power · influence · restructuring
private equity
Capital for unlisted companies
- venture capitalStartup growth financing
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- stakeSharpened post or share
majority stake · shareholder · capital · funding · leverage · capitalization · portfolio · institutional investor · angel investor · seed money
divestiture
Disposal of assets
- sell-offRapid mass divestiture
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
- golden parachuteLucrative exit agreement
retirement · handover · succession · payout · proceeds · windfall · departure · transition · escrow · non-compete
- cooperativesco-op, credit union, worker co-op, housing co-op, co-ops
- marital propertymarital property, marital assets, community property, separate property, joint property
buy-outsell-off
Rapid mass divestiture
divestiture · divestment · sell-out · disposal · liquidation