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repurchase en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English purchase English repurchase From re- + purchase.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of repurchasing.

Forms

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repurchases Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (5)

el επαναγορά (act of repurchasing) · fi takaisinosto (act of repurchasing) · pl odkup (act of repurchasing) · gv aachionnaghey (act of repurchasing) · fi jälleenhankinta (act of repurchasing)

repurchase en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English purchase English repurchase From re- + purchase.

Meanings

  1. 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:

Forms

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repurchased Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
repurchased Tense=Past lexicographic
repurchasing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
repurchases Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

repurchaser

Translations (6)

el επαναγοράζω (to buy back) · fi ostaa takaisin (to buy back) · la redimō (to buy back) · gv aachionnee (to buy back) · pl odkupywać (to buy back) · pl odkupić (to buy back)