bought back

Reclaimed through payment

Bought back is the past tense of buy back.

To buy something back is to repurchase what you previously sold or owned: He bought back the family farm after making his fortune.

Companies buy back their own stock to reduce shares outstanding or boost share price.

In sports, a player bought back gets another chance after elimination by paying a fee.

Related

redemption · reclaim · atonement · making amends · retrieve · reacquisition · repossess · reacquire · asset recovery · treasury stock · restoration · heritage restoration · reconciliation · second chance · forgiveness · pawnshop · healing · revival

Opposites
transaction direction

bought backsold off

Disposed of commercially

sold · liquidated · auctioned off · divested · offloaded

retention vs. release

bought backkept

Didn't give away

retained · held onto · relinquished · surrendered · held

Family

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