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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Over the last quarter, the bank repurchased $7 billion in common stock and announced a 12% increase in the common dividend.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
John Idol, chairman and chief executive officer, told analysts on a conference call that the sale, expected to close in the second half of the calendar year, would help Capri both ease its debt load and repurchase shares in the future.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
Wells Fargo shares got a little jolt Tuesday, pushing above $70 per share for the first time since the April 3 post-Liberation day sell-off, after the bank announced its board approved an authorization to repurchase up to $40 billion of stock.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
Once those run out, the book can’t be borrowed until the library repurchases it, driving the cost up even further to keep a book in circulation.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 25 May 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
John Idol, chairman and chief executive officer, told analysts on a conference call that the sale, expected to close in the second half of the calendar year, would help Capri both ease its debt load and repurchase shares in the future.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
Wells Fargo shares got a little jolt Tuesday, pushing above $70 per share for the first time since the April 3 post-Liberation day sell-off, after the bank announced its board approved an authorization to repurchase up to $40 billion of stock.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
Once those run out, the book can’t be borrowed until the library repurchases it, driving the cost up even further to keep a book in circulation.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 25 May 2025
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“Repurchase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repurchase. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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