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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Companies like Exolaunch, SEOPS, and others buy up capacity on these missions to divide among their customers’ CubeSats and small satellites. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026 Eventually, the group settled in Fouke, a tiny town near the Arkansas-Texas border, setting up a church and buying up homes. Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026 That deal happened partly because billionaire investor Carl Icahn had bought up a big chunk of Caesars and pushed hard for a sale. Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 Private equity is buying up our homes, our sports, and our lives. Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 23 May 2026 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 31 May. 2026.

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