Meanings
present singular third person repurchases · participle present repurchasing · participle past repurchased · past repurchased
- To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.
Fortunately, however, there was another of the class still in existence, which had been sold years ago to the East Kent Light Railway, and in 1946 the Southern was able to repurchase this engine and all three are now actively engaged in turn on the branch as B.R. Nos. 30582 to 30584.
1955 December, H. C. Casserley, “Pre-Grouping Locomotives on British Railways—4”, in Railway Magazine, page 822
plural repurchases
- countableuncountableThe act of repurchasing.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishpurchase
- Englishrepurchase
Translations
Finnish ostaa takaisin, takaisinosto
- ostaa takaisinto buy back
- takaisinostoact of repurchasing
- jälleenhankintaact of repurchasing
Greek επαναγοράζω, επαναγορά
- επαναγοράζω (epanagorázo)to buy back
- επαναγορά (epanagorá)act of repurchasing
Latin redimō
- redimōto buy back
Polish odkupywać, odkupić
- odkupywaćto buy back
- odkupićto buy back
- odkupact of repurchasing
Cite this entry
repurchase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repurchase
“repurchase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repurchase. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “repurchase,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repurchase.
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