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to rebuy

to rebuy

4.3
To buy something again that you no longer have
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈbaɪ/
translation icon : recomprar
  • But does it potentially make sense to sell now and maybe rebuy in a few months?

But does it potentially make sense to sell now and maybe rebuy in a few months?

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Examples

  • After selling her old phone, she decided to rebuy the same model.

  • So she's sure that nothing she buys will be discontinued and she can keep rebuying for decades.

  • If you lose the physical copy, you have to rebuy the whole game.

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  • So what would I rebuy this thing in my closet?

  • That's the other thing I like to rebuy beauty blenders.

  • If you lose the physical copy of the game, you have to rebuy it.

  • He realized he needed to rebuy the book he had lent to a friend.

Synonyms

to buy back
vsto rebuy
22 3.4

To pay money to get something you once sold, lost, or gave away

shares the same buying action but differs in wording or form
to reacquire
vsto rebuy
5 5.5

To get something back after you lose or give it up

is limited to getting back specifically by purchase rather than any method
to repurchase
vsto rebuy
3 5.3

To buy back something you sold before

is about buying an item again after it was sold, lost, or given away

Surface Forms

rebuy infinitive
rebuying present participle
rebuyes third person singular
rebought past
rebought past participle

Morphology

rebuy = buy (transparent) = re + buy

This is a straightforward case of 're-' plus 'buy', meaning to buy again.

Etymology

Rebuy comes from the prefix re- ('again') and the word buy ('purchase'), so it simply means to 'buy again', for example to replace something you lost or sold.