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US
/ˈbaɪˌbæk/
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[ UK /bˈaɪbæk/ ]
[ UK /bˈaɪbæk/ ]
NOUN
- the act of purchasing back something previously sold
How To Use buyback In A Sentence
- The looser rules on timing and the volume of shares available for repurchase prompted more than 200 companies to announce new or expanded buyback plans.
- The stock buyback translates into $0.70 / share for the quarter, which could have been paid as a cash dividend. US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha
- With a £750m share buyback and 7% dividend hike to underpin his faith in the strategy, they will have few reasons for doubting him.
- The idea of a gun buyback is to reduce the supply of guns in Oakland. February « 2008 « Isegoria
- Many companies and investors favor using spare corporate cash for stock buybacks or to reinvest profits instead of paying dividends.
- The miner delivered record first-half earnings of $10.5 billion, up 72% from a year earlier, while increasing both its dividend payout and share buybacks, as investors had craved. BHP Finds Investors Hard to Please
- If a company does not have a stock buyback program, then earnings will be reduced by both the cost of the options issued and dilution.
- Last week it unveiled a 60m share buyback scheme in an attempt to appease investors. Times, Sunday Times
- The company temporarily suspended share buybacks to conserve cash. Times, Sunday Times
- Alcoa said it would stop all "noncritical" capital projects and suspend its share-buyback program. U.S. shares careen in volatile day