STOCK BUYBACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stock buyback mean? 

• STOCK BUYBACK (noun)
  The noun STOCK BUYBACK has 1 sense:

1. a corporation's purchase of its own outstanding stock; increases earnings/share so stock price rises (which can discourage a takeover attempt)

  Familiarity information: STOCK BUYBACK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOCK BUYBACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A corporation's purchase of its own outstanding stock; increases earnings/share so stock price rises (which can discourage a takeover attempt)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("stock buyback" is a kind of...):

purchase (something acquired by purchase)