請看外電的報道:
The New York Times said on Monday it would cut 100 newsroom jobs through buyouts or layoffs as it tries to counter lost advertising revenue.
文中的buyout就是指"買斷工齡",是一種企業(yè)支付高額經(jīng)濟補償,協(xié)商解除勞動合同的行為。在這之前,該報已進行了pay cuts(降薪),但仍難以應(yīng)對經(jīng)濟危機的影響,于是不得不削減newsroom jobs(新聞部門崗位)。
此外,buy out還可以表示"全部買進,買斷/收購全部或大部分股份",例如:The buyout cost is much higher than we originally anticipated.
別看out和in是反義詞,buy-in卻也是表示"買進、大量購買"的意思。而用在證券領(lǐng)域,buy-in則用來表示"補倉",是指股票被套后低位再追加買入。