buyback
buyback
Definition
☆ buy·back (bī′bak′)
noun
- an agreement to buy something in return, as by a supplier to buy its customer's product
- a sale whereby something sold is repurchased from the buyer by the seller or original owner
- 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
- The purchase of a companys stock by that company.
- 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.
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