To buy out is to purchase somebody's whole share in a business. Buy out a partner.
It ends the relationship rather than adjusting it, which is why the price is argued over so hard. A management buy out is when the people running a firm purchase it from the owners.
1phrasebuy outTo purchase somebody's whole share in a business.
“It took two years to buy out the founder's remaining share.”
buy out is a phrase.
Practised in Phrasal Verbs