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to repurchase

to repurchase

3 5.3
To buy back something you sold before
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈpɜːrʧəs/
translation icon : recomprar
  • After selling my old guitar, I regretted it and planned to repurchase it later.

I have a reoccurring dream in which I repurchase that home like as an adult.

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Examples

  • Now I will continue to repurchase this foundation regardless because it is amazing.

  • I will definitely be repurchasing this when I run out, as it works so well and only costs $3.

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  • I have got the whole range and I do repurchase them time and time and time again.

  • Absolutely will continue to repurchase or purchase them as they come out.

  • The government could repurchase the rights to the project benefits.

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  • I test them out for weeks and weeks and weeks at a time and if I really like some ink I repurchase them myself.

  • I need to repurchase it, and donations would help me do that.

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  • These are items that I've been using for years that I repurchase over and over and over.

  • I will always, always repurchase my Batiste dry shampoo.

  • I will continue to repurchase my Neats and yeah, they're good.

Synonyms

to buy back
vsto repurchase
22 3.4

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

is the single-word more formal term rather than a two-word phrase
to reacquire
vsto repurchase
5 5.5

To get something back after you lose or give it up

refers specifically to doing this by paying to get the item again
to rebuy
vsto repurchase
4.3

To buy something again that you no longer have

is the single-word more formal term rather than a casual repeated-action form

Antonyms

1.0

To give something to someone for money

Surface Forms

repurchase infinitive
repurchased past participle
repurchasing present participle
repurchases third person singular

Morphology

repurchase = purchase (transparent) = re + purchase

Adding 're-' to 'purchase' transparently forms the verb meaning to buy again or buy back.

Etymology

Repurchase is formed from re- 'again' and purchase 'buy', so to repurchase something is to 'buy again' or to buy back something you once sold or lost.