repurchase

verb

re·​pur·​chase (ˌ)rē-ˈpər-chəs 

repurchased; repurchasing

transitive verb

: to buy (something) back or again

… some enterprises moving workloads to the cloud won't have to repurchase software they already own.

—Kurt Marko

especially, of a corporation : to purchase back (shares of one's own common stock) on the open market

The company last winter repaid $405 million of debt, repurchased $202 million in common stock and predicted that sales will rise between 3 and 5 percent this year.

—Jeremiah McWilliams

repurchase noun

plural repurchases

… pointed to the trend of share repurchases, or stock buybacks, emerging among major companies … . As they buy back millions, if not billions, of their shares, their supply of stock grows tighter … and their shareholders usually benefit.

—Elizabeth Gurdus

Examples of repurchase in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Short-sellers are traders who bet that stocks will fall by borrowing shares and selling them high with the belief that they can be repurchased later at a lower cost. —Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024

Endeavor expects to fund the stock repurchase with cash on hand, according to a separate 8-K filing with the SEC. —Todd Spangler, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024

The company also announced plans to repurchase approximately $2 to $2.5 billion of TJX stock during the fiscal year ending February 1, 2025. —Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024

Within months, one of its buyers filed for bankruptcy protection and Albertsons repurchased 33 of those stores on the cheap. —Alina Selyukh, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024

Firms listed in mainland China repurchased 120 billion yuan ($16.6 billion) worth of stocks, more than doubling the amount spent in 2022, according to government statistics. —Laura He, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024

Subscriptions and Reward Programs As CBD oil is something people repurchase for themselves or their pet often, most companies have a subscription option or rewards program. —Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024

But a few years after Hankey's graduation, his family repurchased the dealership with a $250,000 loan. —Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2024

Less debt and more cash flow will prompt the company to repurchase shares. —Brett Owens, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing repurchase

• repurchase agreement

Legal Definition

repurchase

1 of 2 transitive verb

re·​pur·​chase

ˌrē-ˈpər-chəs

repurchased; repurchasing

: to buy back

repurchase shares of stock

repurchase

2 of 2 noun

: the act or an instance of purchasing something again or back

specifically : a corporation's buying back of some of its stock at market price (as to increase the amount of Treasury stock or as a preliminary step to going private)