buyback

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The stock buyback translates into $0.70 / share for the quarter, which could have been paid as a cash dividend.

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  1. noun An act of buying something that one previously sold or owned.
  2. noun The repurchase of stock by the company that issued it, as to reduce holdings of a single investor or increase the value of shares by reducing their number.

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