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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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 Fans can buy up to four tickets per match and up to 40 tickets across the whole World Cup tournament. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Dec. 2025 Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways also boosted its fleet with 32 Airbus aircraft, while Bahrain’s Gulf Air plans to buy up to 18 Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 21 Nov. 2025 The tech heavy index rebounded on Friday as investors bought up shares of key technology stocks, a day after the group led Wall Street to its worst day in more than a month. Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025 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 15 Dec. 2025.

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