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reacquired stock

reacquired stock

8.2
Shares a company has bought back and keeps without voting rights or payments to owners
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Reacquired stock cannot be voted or receive dividends until it is reissued.

Examples

  • The company increased its reacquired stock in order to boost earnings per share.

  • During the financial meeting, the CEO emphasized the importance of managing reacquired stock effectively.

  • After issuing new shares, the board decided to purchase reacquired stock from the open market.

  • The company announced its plans to buy back reacquired stock.

  • Investors were pleased to hear about the reacquired stock initiative.

  • Reacquired stock is not eligible for dividends until it is reissued to shareholders.

  • The corporation announced that it had successfully bought back its reacquired stock from the market.

Synonyms

treasury stock
vsreacquired stock
  • Specialized
7.5

Shares a company buys back and keeps that have no voting rights or dividends

is identical in meaning but uses a different term
treasury shares
vsreacquired stock
  • UK
7.4

Shares the company has bought back and keeps that have no voting rights

adds that they have no voting rights or dividends

Surface Forms

reacquired stock singular
reacquired stocks plural

Morphology

reacquire + stock

The phrase is compositionally understandable: a learner who knows 'reacquire' (obtain again) and 'stock' (corporate shares) can infer it refers to shares that have been obtained/bought back. However, the specific legal/financial status (held by the issuer as treasury stock with no voting rights or dividends) is technical and not fully predictable from the parts, so it is only partially transparent to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Reacquired stock gives a simple picture: a company buys back its own stock, and the word reacquired means 'bought back'. Because the company holds these shares in its own box, they are 'not outstanding' and have 'no voting rights' or 'no dividends' until the company sells them again.