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buyback
[ bahy-bak ]
noun
- the buying of something that one previously sold.
- any arrangement to take back something as a condition of a sale, as by a supplier who agrees to purchase its customer's goods.
- Also called stock buyback. a repurchase by a company of its own stock in the open market, as for investment purposes or for use in future corporate acquisitions.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of buyback1
Example Sentences
“Many corporations have prioritized profit margins, stock buybacks and executive compensation over raising worker pay.â€
The issue: Many gun control advocates support not only a ban on selling new assault weapons, but also a buyback program to remove from circulation millions that have already been sold.
The Democrat has also proposed enacting a billionaire minimum tax and quadrupling the tax on stock buybacks — something corporations did a lot of with their windfalls from the 2017 tax cuts.
Last week's ABC News debate moderator noted that Harris no longer supported a "buyback" programme that would force gun owners to hand over their AR-15s and other assault-style weapons to the government.
The Democratic presidential nominee supports universal background checks, so-called "red flag" laws and a ban on assault weapons, but critics are honing in on her past support for a mandatory buyback of semi-automatic rifles.
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