1. buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away; - Example: "He bought back the house that his father sold years ago" [syn: buy back, repurchase]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
buy back
v 1: buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away; "He
bought back the house that his father sold years ago" [syn:
buy back, repurchase]