buyback

buyback
The covering of a short position by purchasing a long contract, usually resulting from the short sale of a commodity. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
See: short covering, stock buyback. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
Also used in the context of bonds. The purchase of corporate bonds by the issuing company at a discount in the open market. Also used in the context of corporate finance. When a firm elects to repurchase some of the shares trading in the market. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary

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buyback buy‧back [ˈbaɪbæk] also buy-back noun [countable]
1. COMMERCE when someone buys something that they previously had sold:

• Good economic data strengthened sterling and prompted buybacks of the currency.

• Porsche's buyback scheme will guarantee a value of 55% of the car's purchase price at the end of three years.

2. share/​stock buyback FINANCE when a company buys its own shares from existing shareholders; = BUY-IN
3. FINANCE when the owners of a company previously sold to another become independent again by buying their shares from the new owners:

• William A Robinson, a Chicago marketing agency acquired three years ago by Ketchum Communications, completed its buyback from Ketchum and renamed itself Robinson & Maites.

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buyback UK US /ˈbaɪbæk/ noun [C or U]
► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET the act of buying something from the same person you sold it to, especially an offer by a company to buy shares of its own stock from shareholders: »

The company announced a 6 million share buyback in August.

→ See also BUY-IN(Cf. ↑buy-in)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • buyback — buy·back / bī ˌbak/ n: an act or instance of buying something back; esp: the repurchase by a corporation of shares of its own common stock on the open market Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • buyback — ☆ buyback [bī′bak΄ ] n. 1. an agreement to buy something in return, as by a supplier to buy its customer s product 2. a sale whereby something sold is repurchased from the buyer by the seller or original owner 3. Finance the buying by a… …   English World dictionary

  • buyback — noun the act of purchasing back something previously sold • Syn: ↑redemption, ↑repurchase • Derivationally related forms: ↑buy back, ↑redeem (for: ↑redemption), ↑repurchase …   Useful english dictionary

  • buyback — /buy bak /, n. 1. the buying of something that one previously sold. 2. any arrangement to take back something as a condition of a sale, as by a supplier who agrees to purchase its customer s goods. 3. Also called stock buyback. a repurchase by a… …   Universalium

  • Buyback — The repurchase of outstanding shares (repurchase) by a company in order to reduce the number of shares on the market. Companies will buy back shares either to increase the value of shares still available (reducing supply), or to eliminate any… …   Investment dictionary

  • buyback — buy|back [ baı,bæk ] noun count BUSINESS an arrangement in which someone agrees to buy back SHARES or property that they previously sold to someone: a buyback program that removed 640,000 guns from private ownership …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • buyback price — /ˈbaɪbæk praɪs/ (say buybak pruys) noun the price at which securities are to be bought back in a buyback agreement …  

  • buyback — noun Date: 1963 the act or an instance of buying something back; especially the repurchase by a corporation of shares of its own common stock on the open market …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • buyback — noun a) The repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it. b) A free drink given to a patron by a bartender …   Wiktionary

  • Buyback — Buy back auch: Buy|back 〈[baıbæ̣k] m. 6 oder n. 15; Wirtsch.〉 Rückkauf einer Beteiligung (bes. in Form von Aktien) durch den Veräußerer [engl., „Rückkauf“] …   Universal-Lexikon

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