buyback

American  

[bahy-bak] / ˈbaɪˌbæk /

Or buy-back

noun

1. the buying of something that one previously sold.

2. any arrangement to take back something as a condition of a sale, as by a supplier who agrees to purchase its customer's goods.

3. Also called stock buyback.  a repurchase by a company of its own stock in the open market, as for investment purposes or for use in future corporate acquisitions.

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Etymology

Origin of buyback

First recorded in 1960–65; noun use of the verb phrase buy back

Example Sentences

The stocks, however, offer monster yields, dividend growth, and improving balance sheets that enable more stock buybacks.

From Barron's

The company, which has historically done big share buybacks, also refrained from repurchasing its own shares for five consecutive quarters.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nvidia has spent nearly $52 billion on buybacks over the past four quarters, vastly more than any other chip company and equating to 28% of the company’s revenue in that time.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mealor said the universal banks’ high levels of capital could more easily be deployed through dividend increases, share buybacks and loan growth under an easing regulatory regime.

From MarketWatch

Stock buybacks: Buying back stock isn’t normally attractive for a crypto-treasury company, which is focused on issuing shares to finance purchases of tokens.

From Barron's

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