buy up

verb

bought up; buying up; buys up

transitive verb

1
: to buy freely or extensively
2
: to buy the entire available supply of

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Brooks Peck explains why these big corporations are buying up valuable memorabilia. Chris Branch, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025 Some investors didn’t fully buy into Endeavor’s strategy of buying up different companies in sports and entertainment to create a greater empire. Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2025 Join 3 others in the comments View Comments Each individual is also limited to three real estate units, meaning no one can come in and buy up the whole village. Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025 What People Are Saying Central banks have been buying up gold in recent months. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for buy up

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of buy up was circa 1534

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“Buy up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buy%20up. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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