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English translation: buy out/capture and buy out
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| 09:55 Aug 26, 2017 |
| Russian to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. United States Local time: 00:38 | ||||||
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| 3 +1 | buy away from [me] |
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| 3 | outbid |
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| 3 | snatch |
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| 3 | buy out/capture and buy out |
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43 mins confidence: 
outbid Explanation: If you need one word it will do, as, I guess, it is an auction-like situation. Like "Player XXX outbids you! You loose the timber mill" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2017-08-26 11:03:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- snatch away. Like Player X is snatching away.... Buy away may also do |
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5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1buy away from [me] Explanation: In a game context: другим игрокам разрешено перекупить у меня = the other players have an opportunity to buy the item away from me. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2017-08-26 15:57:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Alternative (more straightforward): buy the item from me at a higher price. |
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2 days 25 mins confidence:
snatch Explanation: по смыслу, который вы описали, это не консенсуальный акт ни разу, и деньги взносятся не на ваш счёт, поэтому это не перекупить, а банально стырить) |
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2 hrs confidence:
buy out/capture and buy out Explanation: This is how it sounds to me. A buyout has a specific meaning in business, but it can be taken over to the game scenario. The idea of a "forced/involuntary buyout" also comes to mind. "Capture and buy out" containes both aspects of the term. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 days (2017-08-31 10:23:53 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Dictionary definitioni: buy out To purchase the entire stock, business rights, or interests of. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/buy out -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 days (2017-08-31 10:27:14 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- cccccccccccccccccccccc buy out (third-person singular simple present buys out, present participle buying out, simple past and past participle bought out) (transitive, idiomatic) to purchase the entire stock or extent of something quotations ▼ (transitive) to purchase the ownership of a company 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. quotations ▼ Usage notes When referring to a property, the purchaser often desires to obtain complete control of a piece of real estate, or to purchase a neighboring property, often with the intent to develop the property by building a new or larger building(s), particularly with more housing units. When referring to a share of a partnership or company, the purchaser is often buying the share of a spouse, other family member, or retiring shareholder. When referring to a contract, the contract is typically for high ranking executives of a company, professional sports players, professional models, etc. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/buy_out cccccccc to buy somebody out to buy a part of a company or building from someone else so that you own all of it: Allied Chemicals have been trying to buy out their competitor's share in the target company. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/buy-sb-ou... |
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