racheter

  1. (transitive) to buy back
  2. (transitive) to buy out, buy off
  3. (transitive) to ransom
  4. (transitive) to redeem (from sin)
  5. (reflexive, transitive) to make amends

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁaʃ.te/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French racheter, from Old French rachater. By surface analysis, re- (“re-”) + acheter (“to buy”).

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