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repurchase

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re·pur·chase  (r-pûrchs)
tr.v. re·pur·chased, re·pur·chas·ing, re·pur·chas·es
To buy (something) again.
n.
The act of buying something that one previously sold or owned.

repurchase [riːˈpɜːtʃɪs]
vb (tr)
(Business / Commerce) to buy back or buy again goods, securities, assets, etc.
n
(Business / Commerce) an act or instance of repurchasing
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.repurchase - the act of purchasing back something previously sold
purchase - the acquisition of something for payment; "they closed the purchase with a handshake"
Verb1.repurchase - buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away; "He bought back the house that his father sold years ago"
buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"
Translations
repurchase [ˈriːˈpɜːtʃɪs]
A. Nreadquisición f
repurchase
nRückkauf m


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The fact is, Copperfield, I was unable to repurchase them at the time of their seizure; in the first place, because the broker, having an idea that I wanted them, ran the price up to an extravagant extent; and, in the second place, because I - hadn't any money.
The man of the Fancy Repository and Brompton Emporium of Fine Arts (of whom she bought the screens, vainly hoping that he would repurchase them when ornamented by her hand) can hardly hide the sneer with which he examines these feeble works of art.
 
 
 
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