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buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away
He bought back the house that his father sold years ago
How To Use buy back In A Sentence
- The council had no legal obligation to buy back the property and previous repurchases were virtually unheard of.
- This is the compost made by councils from the contents of your kitchen and garden waste bins, which you then buy back in a tidy circle. Times, Sunday Times
- He said that players could well band together and try to buy back the world at the company's bankruptcy hearing - and then run it themselves as a breakaway republic.
- Until now, Goldman's Level 3 assets -- or illiquid, write-down-prone securities -- weren't increasing as much as at rivals such as o buy back the nonbank, aed commercial-paper holdings of most of its retail clients likely will mean an overall restructuring of the frozen 33 billion Canadian dollars (US$32. 5 billion) nonbank ABCP market will be approved at an April 25 investor vote. Worry Returns, Boosting Treasurys
- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is part of a group of investors that sent a letter demanding Bank of America buy back some $47 billion in dodgy mortgages. Bailout Oversight Panel Slams Obama Administration Over Foreclosure Crisis
- This is the compost made by councils from the contents of your kitchen and garden waste bins, which you then buy back in a tidy circle. Times, Sunday Times
- CHICAGO mdash; Sears may have moved out of its tower in downtown Chicago, but the company now wants to buy back a motorized scul pture in ... Sears, Willis Tower In Dispute Over Calder Sculpture 'The Universe'
- Sometimes the party in default makes an offer to put things right, e.g. the seller offers to buy back defective goods.
- Depending on your circumstances, you might prefer to buy back your share of the business at a much reduced cost to settle the residual debt. Times, Sunday Times
- Internet service providers buy backbone bandwidth according to the continuous capacity of the link (usually measured in megabits per second). TWC’s $150 Unlimited Broadband: New Way to Fleece Customers