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 The store bought up some local art of Francine, too, and displays it in the store. Karri Peifer, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024 The biggest threat literally comes down to who’s buying the land because land is being bought up quickly by developers, and there’s so little regulation around this. Amy Brady, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2024 This is despite government efforts to encourage demand, including a plan announced in May for banks to lend up to $70 billion to local enterprises to buy up unsold housing – an effort that has so far faltered. Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024 Others also worry about the recent interest in the neighborhood from developers, who are already buying up land to build new apartment complexes, per Reuters. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for buy up 

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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 Oct. 2024.

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