repurchase

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ purchase.

Verb

repurchase (third-person singular simple present repurchases, present participle repurchasing, simple past and past participle repurchased)

1. To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.

Translations

to buy back

• Finnish: ostaa takaisin
• Greek: επαναγοράζω (el) (epanagorázo)
• Latin: redimō
• Manx: aachionnee
• Polish: odkupywać impf, odkupić (pl) pf

Noun

repurchase (countable and uncountable, plural repurchases)

1. The act of repurchasing.

Translations

act of repurchasing

• Finnish: takaisinosto (fi) (same object); jälleenhankinta (similar object)
• Greek: επαναγορά (el) f (epanagorá)
• Manx: aachionnaghey m
• Polish: odkup (pl) m

References

• “repurchase”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “repurchase”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.