The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
buy out \buy out\, buy-out \buy-out\v. to take over ownership of; -- of corporations and companies. Syn: take over, buy up. [WordNet 1.5]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
buy out v 1: take over ownership of; of corporations and companies [syn: take over, buy out, buy up]