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Vinony

repurchase

verb

  1. purchase again
L228858 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. the act of purchasing again
L326676 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English purchase English repurchase From re- + purchase.

  1. The act of repurchasing.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English purchase English repurchase From re- + purchase.

  1. To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.

    “Fortunately, however, there was another of the class still in existence, which had been sold years ago to the East Kent Light Railway, and in 1946 the Southern was able to repurchase this engine and all three are now actively engaged in turn on the branch as B.R. Nos. 30582 to 30584.”