buy back

See also: buyback and buy-back

English

Verb

buy back (third-person singular simple present buys back, present participle buying back, simple past and past participle bought back)

  1. to purchase something already sold, misplaced, destroyed or given away
    Investors have already started buying back shares they had sold last year in an effort to increase their profits.

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