If you buy someone out, you buy their share of something such as a company or piece of property that you previously owned together. The bank had to pay to buy out most of the 200 former partners He bought his brother out for $17 million. see also buyout
To subcontract for a service that is closely related to the business of the organization Also called farm out Work that is bought out or farmed out is sometimes called outwork or referred to as being out of house