repurchase
verb
re·pur·chase
(ˌ)rē-ˈpər-chəs 
repurchased; repurchasing
: to buy (something) back or again
… some enterprises moving workloads to the cloud won't have to repurchase software they already own.—
Kurt Marko
Kurt Marko
especially, of a corporation
: to purchase back (shares of one's own common stock) on the open market
The company last winter repaid $405 million of debt, repurchased $202 million in common stock and predicted that sales will rise between 3 and 5 percent this year. —Jeremiah McWilliams
Jeremiah McWilliams
repurchase
noun
plural repurchases
… pointed to the trend of share repurchases, or stock buybacks, emerging among major companies … . As they buy back millions, if not billions, of their shares, their supply of stock grows tighter … and their shareholders usually benefit.
—Elizabeth Gurdus
Elizabeth Gurdus
Examples of repurchase in a Sentence
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At March 31, 2024, the dollar value of remaining shares that may be repurchased under the Share Repurchase Program was $4,190,635.
—Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
Since the spin-off in 2023, MSG Entertainment has repurchased about 1.6 million shares — roughly 10% of its Class A shares — and has an additional $110 million remaining in its share repurchase plan.
—Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 9 May 2024
Companies have repurchased more than $383 billion in shares over the past 13 weeks, according to Deutsche Bank research reported by Yahoo.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 8 May 2024
All of the companies kept their focus on returning cash to shareholders, and BP pledged to repurchase $3.5 billion of shares in the first half of the year, matching the pace of prior quarters.
—Bloomberg, Fortune Europe, 7 May 2024
Apple’s board authorized an additional program to repurchase up to $110 billion of the company’s common stock — the biggest buyback program in its history.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 May 2024
Apple spent the most of any tech giant on stock buybacks over the last 10 years, paying a total of $621 billion to repurchase its own shares between 2013 and 2023.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 1 May 2024
Short-sellers are traders who bet that stocks will fall by borrowing shares and selling them high with the belief that they can be repurchased later at a lower cost.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
Endeavor expects to fund the stock repurchase with cash on hand, according to a separate 8-K filing with the SEC.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024
Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
Since the spin-off in 2023, MSG Entertainment has repurchased about 1.6 million shares — roughly 10% of its Class A shares — and has an additional $110 million remaining in its share repurchase plan.
—Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 9 May 2024
Companies have repurchased more than $383 billion in shares over the past 13 weeks, according to Deutsche Bank research reported by Yahoo.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 8 May 2024
All of the companies kept their focus on returning cash to shareholders, and BP pledged to repurchase $3.5 billion of shares in the first half of the year, matching the pace of prior quarters.
—Bloomberg, Fortune Europe, 7 May 2024
Apple’s board authorized an additional program to repurchase up to $110 billion of the company’s common stock — the biggest buyback program in its history.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 May 2024
Apple spent the most of any tech giant on stock buybacks over the last 10 years, paying a total of $621 billion to repurchase its own shares between 2013 and 2023.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 1 May 2024
Short-sellers are traders who bet that stocks will fall by borrowing shares and selling them high with the belief that they can be repurchased later at a lower cost.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
Endeavor expects to fund the stock repurchase with cash on hand, according to a separate 8-K filing with the SEC.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Repurchase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repurchase. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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