exit strategy

exit strategy definition - finance
A strategy developed by a venture capitalist or a private equity investor for selling his or her ownership stake in a company to realize a profit and the return of his or her principle.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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