redemption
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6.0
- noun
- /rɪˈdɛmpʃən/
- Formal
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recompra
- Investors were eager to participate in the redemption of shares at a favorable rate before the deadline.
- a redemption window
Examples
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In June 2012, the government allowed foreign investors to buy state-owned, low-liquidity facilities at zero redemption cost under the condition of a specific investment commitment.
Academic text (2016) -
But, sire, my lord will understand that we want to make full redemption.
Fiction book (2001) -
Where is he saying the payment for bond redemption comes from, and where does it actually come from?
Blog text (31) -
Let's get the $ 2 million redemption.
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Now, we don't have that kind of redemption process for a lot of people out there.
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On the other hand, the percentage-of-recovery method can consider the actual redemption value of the coupons.
Academic text (2017) -
Spain must pay back 20 billion euros, about $25.6 billion, in bond redemptions in October.
Blog text (31) -
In March 1964, Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon halted redemption of silver certificates for silver dollars.
Blog text (10) -
The company announced a program for the redemption of its bonds at a premium price after ten years.
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Many homeowners sought the redemption of their properties by paying off the outstanding loans they had pledged.
Synonyms
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2.9
Money you return after you borrowed it
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5.9
An agreement where someone buys back something they sold before, often a company buying its own shares
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4.9
Buying back something that was sold before
A legal document that transfers property back to the original owner after they pay off a loan
Getting something back that was once lost, sold, or given away
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Redemption comes from the Latin parts re- ('again') and emere ('to buy'), so it originally meant 'to buy back'. That is why in law or finance a redemption is the act of buying back something you had sold or given to a lender.