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Buyout vs Buyback - What's the difference?

buyout | buyback |

As nouns the difference between buyout and buyback

is that buyout is the acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock while buyback is the repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it.

buyout

English

Alternative forms

* buy-out

Noun

(en noun)
  • (finance) The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.

    • Derived terms

    * leveraged buyout * management buyout

    Related terms

    * buy out (verb)

    See also

    * merger * sellout * takeover ----

    buyback

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it.
  • A government purchase scheme intended to achieve a specific goal such as habitat protection or a reduction in firearm numbers.
  • A free drink given to a patron by a bartender.