App disappeared after I sync with iTunes

Hi,I recently bought three apps using my iPod touch and after I downloaded them I connected my ipod to sync them to my computer, a couple of days after I deleted two of them from my ipod to make some space to rent a movie. The following day I connected my ipod to itunes to install the apps back to my ipod but I did not find one of them. I have no idea what could have happened. Has anyone experienced something similar, what can I do to get the app back without having to buy it again?

This is the iPhone discussions area, but the same applies in this regard.
If you have Sync Apps selected under your iPod Touch sync preferences with iTunes, after downloading an app with your iPod Touch, the app will be copied to your iTunes library automatically the first time you sync your iPod Touch with iTunes after doing so. Deleting an app from your iPod Touch that is also available in your iTunes library followed by a sync does not delete the app from your iTunes library. The only way to delete an app from your iTunes library is by manually deleting the app from your iTunes library. This cannot be done by syncing your iPod Touch with iTunes.
You can re-download an app and you won't be charged again for a purchased app as long as you use the same iTunes account to re-download the app that was used to purchase the app originally.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

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