to buy back or buy again (goods, securities, assets, etc)
noun
2.
an act or instance of repurchasing
repurchase in American English
(riˈpɜːrtʃəs) (verb-chased, -chasing)
transitive verb
1.
to buy again; regain by purchase
noun
2.
the act of repurchasing
adjective
3.
of or pertaining to repurchase
a repurchase contract
Derived forms
repurchaser
noun
Word origin
[1585–95; re- + purchase]This word is first recorded in the period 1585–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aberration, corridor, naturalize, puzzle, scuffre- is a prefix, occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, used with the meaning“again” or “again and again” to indicate repetition, or with the meaning “back” or“backward” to indicate withdrawal or backward motion. Other words that use the affixre- include: refurbish, regenerate, retrace, retype, revert
Examples of 'repurchase' in a sentence
repurchase
The repurchase of shares is normally used for taking out one shareholder entirely.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The buybacks follow two separate repurchase programmes in 2010 and in 2011.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
That is likely to take the total repurchase price to about $2.5 billion.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This is after a planned $115 million shares repurchase.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It also outlined a further €1.9bn of risks and €4.8bn for mortgage repurchase claims.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The replacement share repurchase plan has no date for expiry.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Some businesses have even taken on debt to fund the repurchase of their shares.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The company promised more detail on the share repurchase shortly.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It would be the bank's first shares repurchase since 1997.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
The risk of the borrower defaulting is partly avoided through sale and repurchase agreements.