repo
1 Americannoun
plural
reposnoun
plural
reposadjective
verb (used with object)
noun
plural
reposnoun
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repurchase agreement
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repossession of property
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( as modifier )
a repo car
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Etymology
Origin of repo1
First recorded in 1960–65; rep(urchase) + -o
Origin of repo2
By shortening of repossess; -o
Origin of repo3
First recorded in 1990–95
Example Sentences
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And when we recently decided to enlarge the recourse to our euro repo line by making it accessible to all national central banks—except the rogue states—that’s our way to say, “If you trade in euros, if you invoice in euros, and there is a crisis or there is an issue, liquidity in euro will be there for you because your national central bank has access to that euro repo line.”
The ECB recently said it plans to expand its repo facility to nearly all global central banks, a move intended to bolster the euro’s usage by mitigating the risk of funding crunches during periods of market stress.
First, it would need to make the discount window and standing repo operations—the facilities from which banks can borrow from the Fed—routine rather than exceptional.
From Barron's
That means redesigning the discount window so routine liquidity access is clearly separated from emergency lending, holding regular auctions to normalize its use, and expanding access to repo operations.
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Economist Bill Nelson proposes recycling TGA balances through the repo market, offsetting reserve drains and injections in real time.
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