leveraged buyouts

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

noun
  1. pluralplural of leveraged buyout
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