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
Examples of repurchase in a Sentence
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Nygren emphasized that companies, such as General Motors , are aggressively repurchasing shares and that will drive prices higher towards fair value companies in the market.
—Pia Singh,sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2024
Meta’s and Alphabet’s dividend announcements came with $50 billion and $70 billion repurchase authorizations, respectively.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 31 July 2024
It was sold in 2018 and went through a couple of name changes and rebrandings before Merlin — headquartered in Poole, England — repurchased the attraction earlier this year.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2024
Lance Allen, Home Depot’s senior merchant of decorative holiday, said the retailer wanted to enable existing Skelly owners to upgrade their setup without having to repurchase any products.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
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Pia Singh,sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2024
Meta’s and Alphabet’s dividend announcements came with $50 billion and $70 billion repurchase authorizations, respectively.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 31 July 2024
It was sold in 2018 and went through a couple of name changes and rebrandings before Merlin — headquartered in Poole, England — repurchased the attraction earlier this year.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2024
Lance Allen, Home Depot’s senior merchant of decorative holiday, said the retailer wanted to enable existing Skelly owners to upgrade their setup without having to repurchase any products.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
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“Repurchase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repurchase. Accessed 20 Aug. 2024.
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