stock buyback

Other forms: stock buybacks

Definitions of stock buyback
  1. noun
    a corporation's purchase of its own outstanding stock; increases earnings/share so stock price rises (which can discourage a takeover attempt)
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    type of:
    purchase
    something acquired by purchase
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