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buy-back

buy-back is the alternative form of buyback.

Meaning of buyback

Noun

buyback (countable and uncountable, plural buybacks)

  1. The repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it.
    • Infosys Ltd., Bengaluru-based tech services and digital transformation firm, has announced its biggest-ever share buyback of ₹18,000 crore at a 19% premium, as per a regulatory filing it made in the late evening on Thursday. […] This is Infosys' 5th buyback. Earlier, it had announced buybacks worth...2025 September 12, “Infosys announces biggest-ever share buyback of ₹18,000 cr. The buyback, through the tender offer, is its biggest ever since the company's listing”, in The Hindu
    Antonyms:
    sellback
  2. A government purchase scheme intended to achieve a specific goal such as habitat protection or a reduction in firearm numbers.
  3. (countable) A free drink given to a patron by a bartender.

Forms of buy-back

pluralbuy-backs

Origin of buy-back

Deverbal from buy back.

Questions about buy-back

What is buy-back the alternative form of?
Buy-back is the alternative form of buyback.

Words near buy-back in the dictionary

  1. buy with one's ears
  2. buy wolf tickets
  3. buy woof tickets
  4. buy yourself a hat
  5. buy, lie and sell high
  6. buy-back
  7. buy-backs
  8. buy-bust
  9. buy-busts
  10. buy-down
  11. buy-downs

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