reacquires

Obtains once more

Reacquires means to acquire again—to regain possession of something previously owned, held, or known.

A company might reacquire shares it had sold.

A person reacquires skills after years of disuse: She reacquired her fluency in Spanish after moving to Madrid.

The word implies restoration of a former state of possession.

obtains

repurchases

Buys back previously sold

reclaimsTakes back possession
retrievesGets and returns
repossessesSeizes for unpaid debt

regains · recovers · recoups · redeems · reabsorbs · reassumes · reoccupies · reinvests · resecures · rebuy

skills

relearns

Gains back forgotten knowledge

remembersRetains in the mind
recallsRemembers or withdraws products
recoversRegains health or possession

regains · restores · rebuilds · rekindled · refreshes · resumes · reconnects · rehabilitates · retrains · redevelops

corporate

mergers

Corporate consolidations

acquisitionsThings newly gained
buybackReacquiring previously sold shares
takeoverAssuming command of something

recapitalization · consolidation · reabsorption · reintegration · reacquisition · subsidiary · parent company · portfolio · stake · controlling interest

Opposites

possession transfer direction

reacquiresloses

Fails to retain

surrenders · forfeits · relinquishes · gives up · cedes

retention vs. release

reacquiresreleases

Lets go or publishes

renounces · drops · jettisons · offloads · unloads

Family

reacquire, reacquired, reacquiring

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