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REPURCHASE AGREEMENT Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

Rebuying securities for cash value. Essentially money is borrowed, collateralized, and a repo rate is charged. AKA repo. Refer to dollar role, general collateral, gensaki, open repo, overnight repo, special, and term repurchase agreement.

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