Definition of 'buy up'

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buy up

phrasal verb

If you buy up land, property, or a commodity, you buy large amounts of it, or all that is available.

The mention of price rises sent citizens out to their shops to buy up as much as they could. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

The tickets will be on sale from somewhere else because the agencies have bought them up. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

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verb (tr, adverb)

to purchase all, or all that is available, of (something)

2. business

to purchase a controlling interest in (a company, etc), as by the acquisition of shares

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to buy all of or all that is available of

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For even if he managed to buy up all the shares on the open market, it would still amount to a stand-off. Gagman, Maurice DOUBTFUL MOTIVESOr perhaps buy up the outstanding outside holdings to prevent any attempt at a stand-off. Gagman, Maurice DOUBTFUL MOTIVES

`I'd like you to buy up to thirty thousand shares, but not if the price goes higher than a dollar twenty. Olivia Goldsmith INSIDERS (2001)

Used Occasionally. buy up is one of the 30000 most commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Definition of buy up from the Collins English Dictionary

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