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repurchase

[ ree-pur-chuhs ]

verb (used with object)

, re·pur·chased, re·pur·chas·ing.
  1. to buy again; regain by purchase.


noun

  1. the act of repurchasing.

adjective

  1. of or relating to repurchase:

    a repurchase contract.

repurchase

/ riːˈpɜːtʃɪs /

verb

  1. to buy back or buy again goods, securities, assets, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. an act or instance of repurchasing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • re·purchas·er noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of repurchase1

First recorded in 1585–95; re- + purchase
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Example Sentences

In addition to the digital expansion and Kroger partnership, Bed Bath & Beyond said it expects to complete its three-year share repurchase plan two years ahead of schedule.

This is also true of First Data Corporation, a financial services company with whom his trades seem to be particularly well-timed, given that he repurchased the stock weeks before it was acquired by Fiserv at a premium.

From Fortune

As the company releases new products, Wieder said the company will be tracking repurchase rates more frequently.

From Digiday

Plas also said that close to 50% of customers now repurchase within four months.

From Digiday

That’s when a vital Wall Street loan market called the repurchasing agreement, or repo, market seized up.

From Time

We must purchase them, a few at a time; the residents can repurchase from us and so become freeholders.

The workingman cannot, then, repurchase that which he has produced for his master.

He meditated the repurchase of his ancestral home in Normandy and the restoration of its ancient honors for his son.

Quite as keen has been the fighting over the principle of State repurchase of private lands with or without the owner's consent.

Old Matthew Zane would endeavor to borrow from Gordon the money with which to repurchase the option he had granted.

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