buying back

Retrieving through payment

Buying back is repurchasing something you previously sold or owned.

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

A seller might buy back goods from a dissatisfied customer.

The company announced it was buying back $10 billion in shares.

reclaiming

repossession

Creditor seizing collateral

reclaiming · regaining · redemption · restitution · salvage · rescue · ransom · pawnshop · repo · collateral

corporate

shareholder value

Equity investor financial returns

open market

trading

squeeze

Firm bilateral compression

dealer · execution · settlement · clearing · volume · liquidity · futures · options · derivatives

debt

deleveraging

Lowering financial leverage ratios

debt management · early payoff · creditworthiness · balance sheet · fiscal responsibility · debt restructuring · maturity · bondholder · sinking fund

control

autonomy

Independent decision-making capacity

sovereignty · licensing rights · distribution rights · territorial rights

Opposites
transaction direction

buying backselling off

Disposing of holdings quickly

divesting · offloading · liquidating · unloading · selling out

ownership retention strategy

buying backdiluting

Lessening strength by mixing

spinning off · floating · going public · IPO · distributing

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