repo

plural repos

1. abbreviationclippingcountableinformaluncountableClipping of repossession, most commonly of a vehicle, house or condominium.

   Can you do a repo tomorrow? It's an SUV in Springfield.

2. abbreviationclippingcountableinformaluncountableClipping of repositioning.

   That cruise ship starts its repo tomorrow; it's going to the Caribbean for the winter.

3. abbreviationclippingcountableinformalbusinessClipping of repurchase A type of agreement which allows a borrower to use a financial security as collateral for a cash loan at a fixed interest rate, or to buy something back that was sold.

   Simple descriptions of the repo market make it sound quotidian. It consists of selling assets and agreeing to buy them back at a later date at a slight mark-up.

   2026 September 5, Robin Wigglesworth, “The financial world’s ‘dark matter’”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18

4. abbreviationclippingcountableinformalcomputingClipping of repository (“storage location for files”).

   I checked out the Git repo to edit it.

present singular third person repos · participle present repoing · participle past repoed · past repoed

1. informaltransitiveTo repossess.

   I had my car repoed when I became unable to keep up the payments.