buy back

See also: buyback and buy-back

English

Alternative forms

• buyback, buy-back (noun only)

Verb

buy back

1. to purchase something already sold, misplaced, destroyed or given away

   Investors have already started buying back shares they had sold last year in an effort to increase their profits.

Translations

repurchase

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 買回／买回 (zh), 买回 (zh) (mǎihuí), 回購／回购 (huígòu), 回购 (huígòu), 贖回／赎回 (zh) (shúhuí), 赎回 (zh) (shúhuí), 返銷／返销 (fǎnxiāo), 返销 (fǎnxiāo)

• Finnish: ostaa takaisin
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• Latin: redimō
• Russian: выкупа́ть (ru) impf (vykupátʹ), вы́купить (ru) pf (výkupitʹ)

Noun

buy back (plural buy backs)

1. Alternative spelling of buyback