repurchase

Meanings

• verb

  The act of buying back something that was previously sold.

• noun

  The purchase of securities or stocks that have been sold earlier.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with repurchase
rebuke , repertoire , rejuvenate

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Variants

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repurchase , repurchased , repurchases , repurchasing , repurchase agreement , repurchase agreements

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Etymology

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From Old French repacher, meaning 'to repair', and later came to mean 'to buy back'.

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Trivia

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1. Repurchase agreements are a common tool used by central banks to manage the supply of money in the economy.

2. The largest repurchase agreement in history was between the Federal Reserve and Bear Stearns in March 2008, totaling $30 billion.

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Related Concepts

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1. Share buyback: A corporate action where a company buys back its own shares from the market, reducing the number of outstanding shares and increasing the earnings per share for existing shareholders.

2. Open market repurchase: A type of share buyback where a company buys back its shares from the open market, rather than from existing shareholders directly.

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Culture

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Repurchase is a common practice in the financial industry, particularly in the context of corporate actions such as share buybacks.

How to Memorize "repurchase"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the act of buying back something you previously sold. Imagine the transaction taking place and the feeling of owning the item again.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'repurchase' with the idea of buying something back. Think of a time when you bought back an item you had sold earlier.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each word in 'repurchase': 'R' for 'repair', 'e' for 'everything', 'p' for 'purchase', 'u' for 'understand', 'c' for 'cost', 'h' for 'happiness', and 'e' for 'enjoy'.

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