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

Examples of buy up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If enacted, the federal government directly buying up crypto assets would be a first, signaling a major shift in fiscal strategy. —Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025

After digital currency prices fell, the company bought up additional graphics processing units (GPUs) and changed its name to CoreWeave, with an increasing focus on graphics rendering and artificial intelligence. —Jordan Novet, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025

Vegas casinos and hotels are buying up palm trees and driving up the prices beyond what municipal budgets can afford, so more palms may not even be on the shopping list. —Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025

But buying up a bunch of fresh ingredients and just cooking every meal yourself is a lot to ask of basically anyone, especially folks who have full-time jobs, families to feed, or few resources to spend on food. —Erica Sloan, SELF, 6 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for buy up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup