buys back
Reclaims through payment
To buy back is to repurchase something you previously sold or owned.
A company might buy back its own stock to reduce shares outstanding.
Someone might buy back the family farm after years away.
The noun buyback refers to such transactions: a stock buyback program.
- repurchaseBuy something back
- redeemRecover through payment
- reclaimTake back possession
- open marketUnrestricted trading environment
- treasury stockShares repurchased by issuer
recover · repossess · reacquire · asset recovery · regain · retrieve · tender offer · buyout · ransom · redemption · pays off
transaction direction
buys backsells off
Disposes of for money
sells · liquidates · offloads · divests · unloads
permanence of sale
buys backlets go
Relinquishes hold, or urges haste
relinquishes · forfeits · surrenders · gives up · abandons
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