Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An act of buying something that one previously sold or owned.
- 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
repurchase of something previouslysold , especially ofstock by the company that issued it. - noun A government purchase scheme intended to achieve a specific goal such as habitat protection or a reduction in firearm numbers.
- noun A free drink given to a patron by a
bartender .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of purchasing back something previously sold
Etymologies
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buy + back
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