STOCK BUYBACK

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A corporation's purchase of its own outstanding stock; increases earnings/share so stock price rises (which can discourage a takeover attempt)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("stock buyback" is a kind of...):

purchase (something acquired by purchase)

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