Repurchase (Verb)
Meaning
Buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away; "He bought back the house that his father sold years ago".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- She decided to repurchase the stocks she had sold during the market downturn to regain her initial investment.
- The company worked hard to improve its reputation and eventually managed to repurchase the lost customer base.
- Local residents rallied together to raise funds to repurchase the historic mansion that had been on the verge of destruction.
- After selling it during college, he repurchased his childhood home 20 years later and moved his family in.
- The museum launched a campaign to repurchase and reacquire several of the historic artifacts it had sold decades ago.