repurchase
verb
re·pur·chase
(ˌ)rē-ˈpər-chəs 
repurchased; repurchasing
: to buy (something) back or again
… some enterprises moving workloads to the cloud won't have to repurchase software they already own.—
Kurt Marko
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
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
Elizabeth Gurdus
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The industry profits of the ’90s were driven in part by a format shift to CDs that required consumers to repurchase their old catalog, and also by price fixing.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
Short-selling refers to the practice of an investor borrowing an asset and then selling it on the open market with the expectation of repurchasing it for less money in future for a profit.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
The denunciation of companies buying back stock has even worked itself into tax policy, as there is now a 1% excise tax applied to the value of stock repurchased by a corporation.
—Richard Mansouri, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
South Dakota Republican Representative Dusty Johnson introduced a bill calling for the United States to repurchase the Panama Canal,
Donald Trump Jr., 46, visited Greenland with Charlie Kirk and Sergio Gor last week.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
Short-selling refers to the practice of an investor borrowing an asset and then selling it on the open market with the expectation of repurchasing it for less money in future for a profit.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
The denunciation of companies buying back stock has even worked itself into tax policy, as there is now a 1% excise tax applied to the value of stock repurchased by a corporation.
—Richard Mansouri, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
South Dakota Republican Representative Dusty Johnson introduced a bill calling for the United States to repurchase the Panama Canal,
Donald Trump Jr., 46, visited Greenland with Charlie Kirk and Sergio Gor last week.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Repurchase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repurchase. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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