Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lbo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: lbo
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of leveraged buyout.

Example Sentences

"Whether LBOs perform poorly because of debt, business strategy, or competition from Amazon.com Inc., research shows they fare worse than their public counterparts."

Inflected Forms

LBOs (plural)

Questions

What does lbo mean?: Initialism of leveraged buyout.

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