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REPURCHASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they repurchase ... he / she / it repurchases
Past simple: repurchased
Past participle: repurchased
-ing form: repurchasing
Sense 1
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)
