LBO

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A form of leveraged buyout — A transaction in which a business firm, or a controlling share of a firm, is purchased using money which was borrowed by pledging all or some of the firm's assets as collateral.

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Meanings

nounLBO (plural LBOs)

plural LBOs

  1. abbreviationinitialismbusinessInitialism of leveraged buyout.

    Whether LBOs perform poorly because of debt, business strategy, or competition from Amazon.com Inc., research shows they fare worse than their public counterparts.

    2019 October 3, “Everything Is Private Equity Now”, in Bloomberg Businessweek

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
leveraged buyout

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

lobbol
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Chicago

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