rebuy

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UK/ɹiːˈbaɪ/

verb

To buy again, especially to buy something previously sold (or pawned)

OriginEnglish buy ← Middle English byen ← Old English bycġan →
UncommonScrabble 10
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Meanings

verbrebuy (third-person singular simple present rebuys, present participle rebuying, simple past and past participle rebought)

present singular third person rebuys · participle present rebuying · participle past rebought · past rebought

  1. To buy again, especially to buy something previously sold (or pawned)
nounrebuy (plural rebuys)

plural rebuys

  1. A type of poker tournament that allows players to purchase more chips during the course of the tournament.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰewgʰ-
  7. Proto-Germanic*bugjaną
  8. Proto-West Germanic*buggjan
  9. Old Englishbycġan
  10. Middle Englishbyen
  11. Englishbuy
  12. Englishrebuy

From re- + buy.

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Translations

French racheter
  • racheterto buy again
Italian ricomprare
  • ricomprareto buy again
Swedish återköpa
  • återköpato buy again

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rebuy

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Anagrams

buyer
Cite this entry
APA

rebuy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebuy

MLA

“rebuy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebuy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rebuy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebuy.

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