Acquisition vs. Buyout — What's the Difference?

An asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a library or museum

In finance, a buyout is an investment transaction by which the ownership equity of a company, or a majority share of the stock of the company is acquired. The acquiror thereby "buys out" the present equity holders of the target company.

The learning or developing of a skill, habit, or quality

The purchase of the entire holdings or interests of an owner or investor.

The act of acquiring.

The purchase of a company or business

Something acquired or gained

(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.

The act or process of acquiring.

The use of grant monies to pay for another person to perform the usual duties, especially teaching duties, of someone engaged on the funded project.

The thing acquired or gained; a gain.

The acquisition of ownership of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock.

(computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.

Acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock

The act or process of acquiring.

The purchase of one commercial enterprise by another, whether for cash, or in a trade of stock of the purchasing company for that of the purchased company.

The thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.

The act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something;

Something acquired;

The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge;

An ability that has been acquired by training