leveraged buyout
leveraged buyout · leveraged buyouts
A transaction in which a business firm, or a controlling share of a firm, is purchased…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.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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.
a buyout using borrowed money; the target company's assets are usually security for the loan