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Antonyms for repurchase
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ree-pur-chuh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : riˈpɜr tʃəs |
Definition of repurchase
Origin :- 1590s, from re- + purchase (v.). Related: Repurchased; repurchasing.
- As in ransom : verb pay blackmail money for return of possession or person
- As in redeem : verb recover possession
- He will repurchase the Hotel de Sairmeuse, and furnish it magnificently.
- Extract from : « The Honor of the Name » by Emile Gaboriau
- This was prevented only by repurchase of their stock at very high prices.
- Extract from : « Railroads: Rates and Regulations » by William Z. Ripley
- She had always been able to repurchase the friendship of her friends.
- Extract from : « The Grey Lady » by Henry Seton Merriman
- He knew now what Fairfax meant by the repurchase of his miserable youth.
- Extract from : « Fairfax and His Pride » by Marie Van Vorst
- The landlord is enabled to sell his demesne, and repurchase it at a profit.
- Extract from : « Irish History and the Irish Question » by Goldwin Smith
- The workingman cannot, then, repurchase that which he has produced for his master.
- Extract from : « What is Property? » by P. J. Proudhon
- He had related to M. de Fleury their history, and Mademoiselle de Merrivale's desire to repurchase them.
- Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
- We must purchase them, a few at a time; the residents can repurchase from us and so become freeholders.
- Extract from : « The Hills and the Vale » by Richard Jefferies
- Offers of repurchase were made—offers of double the money that Mr. Barnum had paid for the house.
- Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- When we reached the township and he learnt this, he offered me £50 on my bargain to repurchase the teams, but I refused the offer.
- Extract from : « Reminiscences of Queensland » by William Henry Corfield
Synonyms for repurchase
- buy back
- buy freedom of
- buy off
- buy out
- call in
- cash
- cash in
- change
- cover
- defray
- deliver
- discharge
- emancipate
- exchange
- extricate
- free
- get back
- liberate
- make good
- manumit
- obtain release of
- pay for release of
- pay off
- purchase
- ransom
- recapture
- reclaim
- recoup
- recover
- redeem
- regain
- reinstate
- release
- repay
- replevin
- replevy
- repossess
- reprise
- repurchase
- rescue
- restore
- retrieve
- save
- set free
- settle
- take in
- trade in
- unchain
- unfetter
- win back
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