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When someone buys the whole pie so they can decide who eats.
means The purchase of a controlling stake in a company, often taking it private or absorbing it entirely.
from From 'buy' plus 'out' — literally buying someone out of their share, in use since the early 1900s, supercharged by 1980s leveraged-debt dealmaking.
Leverage trickOften funded with debt the target itself repays.
Golden parachuteBosses bought out land softly with cash.
Going privateBuyouts can yank companies off public markets.