buyback

(bak′)

noun

  1. an agreement to buy something in return, as by a supplier to buy its customer's product
  2. a sale whereby something sold is repurchased from the buyer by the seller or original owner
  3. Finance the buying by a corporation of its own stock in the open market in order to reduce the number of outstanding shares

See buyback in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. An act of buying something that one previously sold or owned.
  2. The repurchase of stock by the company that issued it, as to reduce holdings of a single investor or increase the value of shares by reducing their number.

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