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

Example sentences :

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

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