repo

See also: Repo and řepo

English

Etymology

Clippings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛpoʊ/, /ˈɹiːpoʊ/

Noun

repo (countable and uncountable, plural repos)

1. (informal) Clipping of repossession, most commonly of a vehicle, house or condominium.

   Can you do a repo tomorrow? It's an SUV in Springfield.

2. (informal) Clipping of repositioning.

   That cruise ship starts its repo tomorrow; it's going to the Caribbean for the winter.

3. (countable, finance, informal) Clipping of repurchase A type of agreement which allows a borrower to use a financial security as collateral for a cash loan at a fixed interest rate, or to buy something back that was sold.
5. (countable, computing, informal) Clipping of repository (“storage location for files”).

   Hyponym: monorepo

Derived terms

• repo depot
• repo man
• reverse repo

Verb

repo (third-person singular simple present repos, present participle repoing, simple past and past participle repoed)

1. (transitive, informal) repossess

   I had my car repoed when I became unable to keep up the payments.

Further reading

• Repossession on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Repositioning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Repositioning cruise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Repurchase agreement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Pero, oper, pore, reop, rope

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English repost. Equivalent to English re- +‎ po (“post”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiː²² pʰou̯⁵⁵/

Verb

repo

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to repost

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

repo

Wikipedia ^eo

Etymology

Ultimately from English rap, likely influenced by Russian рэп (rɛp) and to differentiate from rapo (“turnip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrepo/
• Rhymes: -epo
• Hyphenation: re‧po

Noun

repo (accusative singular repon, plural repoj, accusative plural repojn)

1. (music) a rap; an instance of rapping
2. (music, uncountable) clipping of repmuziko (“rap music”)

Derived terms

• repi (“to rap”)
• repmuziko (“rap music”)