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leveraged buyout

Business the acquisition of a corporation by a group of investors using mostly borrowed funds which are secured by the assets of the corporation being acquired

See leveraged buyout in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun Abbr. LBO
The use of a target company's asset value to finance the debt incurred in acquiring the company.

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