Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

buy out

verb

Forms buys out buying out bought out

verb (transitive, idiomatic) to purchase the entire stock or extent of something
verb (transitive) to purchase the ownership of a company
verb To close someone's contract by paying him or her a sum of money, the terms of which are often stated in the contract itself.
verb (transitive) To gain release for (a person) from military service by payment of money.
verb (intransitive, US, dated, slang) To avoid a punishment or escape a difficult situation. “You always manage to buy out at the last second.”

Synonyms

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “buy out”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details