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

Central banks and geopolitics Gold’s rise has been underpinned by central banks buying up more gold themselves, led by China. —Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025

The firms debuted an industry-wide consolidation fund, which aims to use resources provided by major solar manufacturers to buy up and subsequently close down smaller, less competitive producers. —Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025

Paramount’s current offer to buy up shares is set to expire on January 8, but could be extended. —Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025

Some borrowers have been shifting the risk from AI data centers off their balance sheets using the securitization markets, where the debt is tranched into slices with varying risks and returns and bought up by the likes of insurers and pension funds. —Neil Callanan, Fortune, 12 Dec. 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