buy out | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)topurchasetheentirestockorextentof something1784, Josiah Brown, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.,Reports of cases, upon appeals and writs of error, in the high court of Parliament, from the year 1701 to the year 1779. Volume 11, page444:[…]the present Earl had no colour or pretence of right to the estate; and yet the appellants had thought fit tobuy him out,[…]2006, Percy Harris,Forty Years in and Out of Parliament, page18:[…]and when he complained met with the reply that if he did not like his partner's methods he could either clear out orbuy him out.; (transitive)to purchase theownershipof acompany; To close someone's contract by paying him or her a sum of money, the terms of which are often stated in the contract itself.1986, Punch Imlach,Heaven and Hell in the NHL, page149:A standard NHL contract, agreed to by both players and owners, has what is called a buy-out clause. If a player's performance deteriorates to the point that he is put on waivers and there are no takers, meaning nobody in the NHL wants him, his club canbuy him outat one-third of what's left on the contract.; (transitive)To gain release for (a person) from military service by payment of money.Synonym:buy off; (intransitive,US,dated,slang)To avoid apunishmentor escape a difficult situation.You always manage tobuy outat the last second.

Examples:

EN: That boy would buy out Fifth avenue for you.
ES: Ese chico te compraría toda la Quinta Avenida.
EN: Gaerste could buy out old man Legendre with his postage stamps.
ES: Gaerste podría comprar a ese viejo Legendre con sus estampillas de correo.
EN: So, why should he buy out a show and close it... and take her away to Cuba just as she's about to get a good break?
ES: ¿Por qué pagaría para cancelar un show... y se la llevaría a Cuba cuando ella está a punto de triunfar?
EN: I am willing to buy out Senator Ward's interest in the revue.
ES: Sin duda.
EN: ♪ I'll buy out every ice-cream factory ♪
ES: ♪ Compraré todas las fábricas de helados ♪
EN: You must expect to get those boats for less than $2 million. Right as rain. If i can buy out drew for less than $2 million, i get the difference.
ES: Si autoriza al banco Water Street a pagarme dos millones de dólares al recibir el contrato de venta del Sr. Drew haré que sean suyos sus barcos, muelles, franquicias...
EN: Nobody would give Buck a job on the radio, the old meanies so I had to buy out Dandy Gelatine.
ES: Nadie le daba un empleo a Buck en la radio, los muy miserables así que tuve que comprar la emisora.
EN: He loaned me $10,000 to buy out the club and never asked for nothing.
ES: Él me prestó 10.000 dólares para... ¿Cómo lo conociste?
EN: - You stop and buy out a candy store
ES: - Te detienes en una dulcería - ¡Detente!
EN: You mean you're gonna buy out this whole refinery?
ES: ¿Quieres decir que vas a comprar toda la refinería?
EN: But if I have to buy out jewelry stores to prove it.. If I haven't shown it to you in my words and actions well, I might as well..
ES: Si he de agotar todas las joyas para probártelo,... si no te lo he demostrado con mis palabras y mis acciones, más vale...
EN: Did you buy out all of Philadelphia yesterday?
ES: ¿Lo compraste todo en Filadelfia ayer?
EN: About a year ago, you wanted to buy out a rubber company and the owner didn't want to sell.
ES: Hace un año usted deseaba comprar una fábrica de caucho. El propietario no quería vender y usted sufrió un ataque.
EN: I'm the gent you tried to buy out last week for your boss.
ES: Ha intentado comprar mi tierra la semana pasada para su jefe.
EN: It's just big enough for me to take care of easily, and there's a nice backyard for the baby, and Bob and Bliss are gonna buy out there.
ES: No es tan grande que yo no pueda cuidar de ella y tiene un jardincito... para el niño y Bob y Lis comprarán otra al lado.

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