to retire equity

French translation: racheter ses actions

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English term or phrase:	to retire equity
French translation:	racheter ses actions

06:13 Oct 12, 2001

English to French translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Finance (general)

English term or phrase: to retire equity

In following sentenece

Corporations used their debt to finance their capital investments and **to
retire equity**.

what does Retire equity mean
(to cut back a certain amount of the shares, to pay back...)??

In french would that be : pour rembourser des capitaux propres ?
I do not understand the process and the point of this.

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Retire equity (to cut back a certain amount of the shares, to pay back...)??
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racheter leurs titres

Explanation:
Retire equity means they bought back their stock, hence racheter leurs titres or racheter leurs actions.

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VBaby
Local time: 18:25

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thanks a lot, I knew about " rachat de titre " but had not linked it with retire
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racheter leurs titres

VBaby

rachat d'actions avec réduction du captital/pour réduire les capitaux propres

Helen D. Elliot (X)

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racheter leurs titres

Explanation:
Retire equity means they bought back their stock, hence racheter leurs titres or racheter leurs actions.

Twelve years as a financial journalist

VBaby
Local time: 18:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 81

Grading comment

thanks a lot, I knew about " rachat de titre " but had not linked it with retire

58 mins confidence:

rachat d'actions avec réduction du captital/pour réduire les capitaux propres

Explanation:
You can retire outstanding debt or buy back or redeem outstanding shares.

Le Dictionnaire de la comptabilité et de la gestion financière,
Louis Ménard, CA has:

Retirement
Remboursement, rachat

Finance: Action de rembourser une dette, de racheter des actions.

Into French is not my direction, however, if you use "remboursement," I
think you have to refer to the shares (or bonds that were cancelled. If the
context fits, perhaps you could refer to the "rachat d'actions avec
réduction du capital":
Otherwise, would it make sense simply to refer to the "réduction des
capitaux propres?"

Helen D. Elliot (X)
Canada
Local time: 13:25
Native speaker of:

English

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