buy out

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

buy out
    v 1: take over ownership of; of corporations and companies [syn:
         {take over}, {buy out}, {buy up}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

buy out \buy out\, buy-out \buy-out\v.
   to take over ownership of; -- of corporations and companies.

   Syn: take over, buy up.
        [WordNet 1.5]