REPURCHASE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of purchasing back something previously sold

Synonyms:

buyback; redemption; repurchase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("repurchase" is a kind of...):

purchase (the acquisition of something for payment)

Derivation:

repurchase (buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away)

Present simple: I / you / we / they repurchase ... he / she / it repurchases

Past simple: repurchased

Past participle: repurchased

-ing form: repurchasing

Meaning:

Buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away

Example:

He bought back the house that his father sold years ago

Synonyms:

buy back; repurchase

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "repurchase" is one way to...):

buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

repurchase (the act of purchasing back something previously sold)