repurchase

verb

re·​pur·​chase (ˌ)rē-ˈpər-chəs How to pronounce repurchase (audio)
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

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Capitol Federal Financial repurchased 3,280,110 shares of common stock during the fiscal year at an average price of $5.87 per share. Quartz Bot, Quartz, 27 Nov. 2024 The siblings later repurchased the company, but Kane has not shown or sold a collection since then. Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 21 Nov. 2024 The first 50 shares were repurchased in early August . Jeff Marks, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024 As of Tuesday evening, $11,100 has been raised to help repurchase the majority of the props. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for repurchase 

Word History

First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of repurchase was in 1533

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“Repurchase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repurchase. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.

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)

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