You buy several small companies from their owners, who think they aren't worth much.

She didn't have the money it would take to buy the house back from its new owner.

The house was finally bought from its private owners in 1928.

But few could have afforded to buy the house from its owners.

He said his association was willing to buy the bust back from its present owner.

Eventually, she and two partners bought the place from its original owner.

Seven Savannah women got wind of the plan, raised about $25,000, and bought the house from the funeral home's owner in 1955.

The museum said it had bought the vase from its owner but refused to identify him.

The toll was finally abolished in 2004 after the government bought the bridge from its private owners.

In that case, they can either buy the name from its owner or, with ingenuity, devise an alternative.