Meaning & use
Reacquisition
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The act of gaining possession of something again after having lost or given it up.
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The board approved the reacquisition of the subsidiary it had sold off a decade earlier.
The museum negotiated the reacquisition of the painting after it surfaced at auction.
A note on using this word
In business, a "reacquisition" often means a company buying back shares, assets, or subsidiaries it previously sold.
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