buy-back — buyˈ back noun 1. The optional or obligatory buying back by the seller of all or part of what was sold (commerce) 2. The purchasing by a company of its own shares (finance) • • • Main Entry: ↑buy * * * buy back UK US noun [countable] [ … Useful english dictionary
buy-back — buy backs N COUNT A buy back is a situation in which a company buys shares back from its investors. [BUSINESS] ...a share buy back scheme... The company announced an extensive stock buy back program … English dictionary
buy-back — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms buy back : singular buy back plural buy backs business an arrangement in which someone agrees to buy back shares or goods that they previously sold to someone a share buy back … English dictionary
buy-back — A company may buy back its own shares in order to reduce the overall number of shares available on the market. This will usually have the effect of increasing the share price … Financial and business terms
Buy Back — The purchase by a company of its own shares in the open market, usually based on the belief that the shares are undervalued and that buying them will provide a better investment return than putting cash into the underlying business of the… … Financial and business terms
buy-back — noun Buy back is used after these nouns: ↑share … Collocations dictionary
Share repurchase — In some countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, corporations can buy back their own stock in a share repurchase, also known as a stock repurchase or share buyback. There has been a meteoric rise in the use of share… … Wikipedia
share — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 part of sth that has been divided ADJECTIVE ▪ bigger, greater, higher, large, the lion s, major, significant, substantial ▪ … Collocations dictionary
buy — [bī] vt. bought, buying [ME bien < OE bycgan < ? IE base of BOW1] 1. to get by paying or agreeing to pay money or some equivalent; purchase 2. to get as by an exchange [buy victory with human lives] 3. to be the means of purchasing [all… … English World dictionary
buy — buyable, adj. /buy/, v., bought, buying, n. v.t. 1. to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, esp. in money; purchase. 2. to acquire by exchange or concession: to buy favor with flattery. 3. to… … Universalium
buy — [c]/baɪ / (say buy) verb (bought /bɔt/ (say bawt), buying) –verb (t) 1. to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying an equivalent, especially in money. 2. to acquire by giving any kind of recompense: to buy favour with flattery. 3.… …