repurchase

repurchase verb: to buy back or again; to regain by purchase.

Verb

repurchase (third-person singular simple present repurchases, present participle repurchasing, simple past and past participle repurchased)

To buy back or again; to regain by purchase.
- Fortunately, however, there was another of the class still in existence, which had been sold years ago to the East Kent Light Railway, and in 1946 the Southern was able to repurchase this engine and all three are now actively engaged in turn on the branch as B.R. Nos. 30582 to 30584.1955 December, H. C. Casserley, “Pre-Grouping Locomotives on British Railways—4”, in Railway Magazine, page 822

repurchase (countable and uncountable, plural repurchases)

மறுகொள்வினை

Verb
third-person singular present	repurchases
present participle	repurchasing
past participle	repurchased
past	repurchased
Noun
plural	repurchases

From re- + purchase.

What does repurchase mean?: Repurchase means to buy back or again; to regain by purchase.
What is repurchase in Tamil?: Repurchase in Tamil is மறுகொள்வினை. See Repurchase meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is repurchase?: Repurchase can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of repurchase?: The past tense of repurchase is repurchased.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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