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• n  the act of purchasing back something previously sold

• Messier said he initiated the buyback "in the interest of nonspeculating shareholders.
• Icahn's prescription is strong (and expensive) medicine: a $20 billion stock buyback and the spin-off of its vast cable operations.
• Dick Parsons agreed to do what we wanted most--a $20 billion buyback of the stock.

• redemption
• repurchase

News & Articles

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• Gun buyback in southern NJ nets 2,500 firearms - NBC40.net
  BRIDGETON, N.J. (AP) - A 2-day gun buyback program in southern New Jersey netted more than 2,500 firearms over the weekend. Acting State Attorney General John Hoffman announced the results Tuesday.
  June 11, 2013 - NBC40 South Jersey
• Gun buyback in southern NJ nets 2,500 firearms
  BRIDGETON, N.J. (AP) — A two-day gun buyback program in southern New Jersey netted more than 2,500 firearms over the weekend.
  June 11, 2013 - Burlington County Times
• Queens gun buyback in area where teen was shot dead on bus
  The shooting death of a 14-year-old Queens girl has sparked a gun buyback program near her neighborhood.
  June 11, 2013 - New York Daily News

Quotes

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• Dieter Zetsche in Forbes
  The announced share buyback program...... underlines our trust in the future of the new Daimler and all its divisions,DaimlerChrysler Chairman Dieter Zetsche told investors and reporters in a conference call. "We have everything in our...
• Jeffrey Immelt in Forbes
  This sale is the right move at the right time for GE shareowners,Immelt said. "We received a good price from a respected global company in a highly competitive bidding process. We will use the proceeds to fund the stock buyback and...
• Paul Otellini in USA Today
  Intel CEO Paul Otellini said the company is "returning record amounts of cash to our stockholders with one of the highest dividend yields in the technology industry and one of the largest share buyback programs of any company."