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

Such stuff makes the task of selling CBS’ ad time — some of the most desirable in the business — more difficult, because ad-sales executives often must press clients to buy up cable volume to gain access to top tier stuff. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025

As the leader of LVMH with a 48% stake in the business, his fortune is largely at the whim of whether consumers are buying up opulent products like Louis Vuitton bags, TAG Heuer watches, and Dom Perignon champagne. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025

In this season’s eighth episode, Mabel (Gomez) puts together a ragtag group to crash ladies’ night, to investigate the rumors that Camila (Zellweger) is buying up all the apartments at the Arconia to build her own casino. —Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025

Back upstairs, Oliver and Charles are distressed to discover just how many apartments Camila has already bought up. —Tom Smyth, Vulture, 14 Oct. 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