reacquire

verb

re·​ac·​quire (ˌ)rē-ə-ˈkwī(-ə)r 

reacquired; reacquiring; reacquires

transitive verb

: to acquire again: such as

a

: to regain as one's own

… the Saad that returns to Chicago this fall, reacquired in a stunning trade for Artemi Panarin, brings more than just a more worldly view of the NHL with him.

—Mark Lazerus

b

: to relocate and hold (something previously held) in a detector

The submarine slowed to reacquire the target.

—Tom Clancy

Synonyms

• get back
• re-collect
• recapture
• reclaim
• recoup
• recover
• regain
• repossess
• retake
• retrieve

Examples of reacquire in a Sentence

the hockey team is hoping to reacquire the Stanley Cup this year

Recent Examples on the Web

It was purchased by eBay for $310 million in 2007, but was reacquired by its co-founder Eric Baker in 2020 for $4 billion through his new company Viagogo. More than 40 million tickets were sold on StubHub’s marketplace last year from roughly one million sellers, the company said in its prospectus. —Annie Palmer,ari Levy, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025

During his at-times misleading speech to Congress Tuesday night, Trump said–perhaps jokingly–that Rubio would be to blame if the U.S. wasn’t able to reacquire the Panama Canal. —William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025

The Wall Street Journal reported that his family is in talks to possibly reacquire the lease on the 263-room hotel. —Andy Sullivan, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025

The move came hours after the Western Conference rival Vegas Golden Knights reacquired winger Reilly Smith in a deal with the New York Rangers. —Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1627, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reacquire

• mcintire
• admire
• afire
• aspire
• backfire
• esquire
• expire
• haywire
• hellfire
• inquire
• inspire
• newswire