leveraged buyout
C1CEFR level
80/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
The acquisition of a company financed largely with borrowed money, with the target's own assets and cash flows servicing the debt.
The private equity firm structured a leveraged buyout with sixty per cent of the purchase price funded by debt.
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