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buyback Definition

☆ buy·back (bī′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

buyback Finance Definition
  1. The purchase of a company’s stock by that company.
  2. The purchase of a position to offset a previously established short position.
buyback Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • share: The disposals in 2004 arose from the Group's buyback of shares.

Converse of object

  • deem: However, to date, only 58 members have opted to pursue deemed buyback.

Adjective modifier

  • further: During the period, the Group bought back 300,000 shares and we remain alert to opportunities for further buybacks in the future.

Modifies a noun

  • program: Enterprise Inns, the UK pub chain, is to return at least £ 200m to shareholders in a rolling share buyback program.
  • authority: A resolution to renew the buyback authority will be put to shareholders at the annual general meeting.
  • scheme: Since mid-June 2001, BHP has now given back a whopping $ 11.4bn to shareholders through various dividends and share buybacks schemes.
  • policy: Subject to Stockholder approval, the Company will buy in Stock on the basis of the new buyback policy described in the above paragraph.
  • clause: The morning to to those acres inventory buyback clause.
  • arrangement: During the year the group entered into a sale and buyback arrangement covering a substantial part of the vehicle fleet.

Noun used with modifier

  • stg: ROUNDUP - ITV in 300 mln stg share buyback as ITV1 decline.. .
  • mln: ROUNDUP - ITV in 300 mln stg share buyback as ITV1 decline.. .
  • share: Net assets fell by 6 % from 2003, to £ 2.6 billion, mainly due to the share buyback activity in the year.
  • stock: The company expects to spend $ 32bn on the one-time payout and $ 30bn on the stock buyback.
  • inventory: The morning to to those acres inventory buyback clause.