racheter
Meanings
Verb
1. to buy back (transitive)
2. to buy out, buy off (transitive)
3. to ransom (transitive)
4. to redeem (from sin) (religion, transitive)
5. to make amends (reflexive, transitive)
Examples11
Je veux me racheter.
I want to redeem myself.
Il n'a rien pour le racheter.
He has no redeeming traits.
Je veux racheter ma maison.
I want to buy my house back.
Je veux racheter ma voiture.
I want to buy my car back.
Sysko prévoit de racheter Microsoft.
Sysko has plans to buy Microsoft.
Ça lui a coûté cinq livres pour le racheter.
It cost him five pounds to buy it back.