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 of them are buying up apartments in converted missile silos. Frank Langfitt, NPR, 22 June 2025 China is a particularly important neighbor as its ruling Communist Party buys up 92% of Mongolia's exports. Arkansas Online, 4 June 2025 Chips and memory are typically bought up by laboratories, crypto miners, data centers, and a lot of high-volume overseas customers. ArsTechnica, 26 May 2025 That spurred an effort to buy up ranches — including the one comprising La Hielería — and turn them into a reserve. Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 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 4 Jul. 2025.

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