repo Synonyms
Another word for repo
• noun (Context 1)
A centralized digital storage location where software source code, files, and revision history are maintained and managed; a repository.
"The developer cloned the main repository to her local machine before creating a new feature branch."
• noun (Context 2)
A short-term collateralized loan in which a party sells securities to investors and agrees to buy them back shortly afterward at a slightly higher price; a repurchase agreement.
"The central bank intervened in the overnight repurchase agreement market to stabilize short-term interest rates."
• noun (Context 3)
The act of seizing a vehicle or other property after a buyer defaults on loan payments, or an item that has been seized in this manner.
"He bought the truck cheap at an auction of bank repos."
• verb (Context 4)
To repossess a vehicle or other piece of property from a buyer who has defaulted on loan payments.
"The finance company threatened to repossess his car after he missed three consecutive payments."