buy out
verb
buy out is spelled B-U-Y-O-U-T: 6 letters. People search “buy-out vs buyout” about 10 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, buy out means “to purchase the entire stock or extent of something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in buy out?
| Letters | 6: B-U-Y-O-U-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you pronounce buy out?
- Australia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-buy_out.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with buy out
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: buyout (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of buy out
- buys out present, singular, he/she/it
- buying out participle, present
- bought out participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does buy out mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
to purchase the entire stock or extent of something
- 2
to purchase the ownership of a company
- 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.
- 4
To gain release for (a person) from military service by payment of money.
- 5
USdatedslangTo avoid a punishment or escape a difficult situation.
You always manage to buy out at the last second.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of buyout.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does buy out come from?
Deverbal from buy out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).