Definition von leveraged buyout im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
A transaction in which a business firm, or a controlling share of a firm, is purchased using money which was borrowed by pledging all or some of the firm's assets as collateral
Leveraged buyout funds are behind the dramatic growth in high-yield debt—the preferred financing for today's corporate takeovers.
a buyout using borrowed money; the target company's assets are usually security for the loan; "a leveraged buyout by upper management can be used to combat hostile takeover bids
when someone borrows money to buy all or most of the stock of a company by promising to pay the bank back by selling the company's assets if they cannot pay back the money they borrowed