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

Certain Anthropic board members and entities affiliated or associated ‌with them ⁠have indicated interest in buying up to $303 million of shares from the offering. — Reuters, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2026

Trump could buy up their property and sell it for a huge profit without having to resort to intimidation and lawsuits. — Patsy Neal, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026

A lot of her stories contain sideways glances at the new money coming into town, doctors buying up the old ranches and turning them into weekend homes with American-eagle door knockers. — Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026

QatarEnergy is buying up international LNG shipments as a hedge against any future closure of the Strait of Hormuz. — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026

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