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  • noun Plural form of buyout.

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Examples

  • Eight schools that have fired or forced out their coaches are contractually committed to nearly $13 million in buyouts, according to USA TODAY analysis of their deals.

    What's The Cost Of Firing A Coach 2006

  • Eight schools that have fired or forced out their coaches are contractually committed to nearly $13 million in buyouts, according to USA TODAY analysis of their deals.

    The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: 2006

  • The difference has narrowed 57 cents since March 1, when Fannie Mae said it would buy as many as 200,000 of the loans this month, as investors rethought the dispersion of its near-term buyouts across different coupons.

    BusinessWeek.com -- 2010

  • But by the early eighties, the city was both a physical and cultural wasteland due to major label buyouts of the artists as well as the crippling drug habits of some of the others.

    LAMBGOAT.com News Headlines 2010

  • Leverage loaned, big leveraged buyouts, that is a potential problem.

    CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2009 2009

  • Key to the argument for the buyouts is a report from the VA's Office of Inspector General (VAOIG) which recommended that the VA "revise [disability] rating criteria to reflect expected lifetime impairment so that VA could offer lump-sum payments to veterans ..."

    BUYING-OUT DISABLED VETERANS 2006

  • (He even toyed with the idea of buyouts for Social Security payments.)

    BUYING-OUT DISABLED VETERANS 2006

  • As part of budget cutting, many of these workers are being offered buyouts, which is increasing the pressure to find people with the right skills to replace them.

    Reseller News 2009

  • The buyouts are the latest round of cost-cutting measures by GM, which is racing to piece together a plan for returning to viability by the middle of the month.

    Home News Tribune - News 2009

  • The buyouts are the latest round of cost-cutting measures by GM, which is racing to piece together a plan for returning to viability by the middle of the month.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2009

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