buy back

racheter

Payer pour récupérer quelque chose qu’on avait vendu ou perdu.

En anglais simple : You pay to get something back after selling it or losing it.

• I want to buy back my bike.
• The company bought back its shares.
• Can we buy the house back from its new owner?

Comment l'utiliser : buy something back (She bought her old car back.); buy back something from someone (They bought back the land from the developer.)

Synonymes : repurchase

Expressions courantes : buy back shares, buy something back

permettre de racheter

Une somme d’argent permet de récupérer quelque chose qui avait été vendu ou perdu.

En anglais simple : An amount of money pays for getting back something that was sold or lost.

• The prize money bought back our farm.
• Those profits will buy back the shares we sold.
• Her savings bought back the family jewelry.

Comment l'utiliser : money buys back something (The extra revenue bought back their former office.)

Expressions courantes : profits buy back something, money buy something back