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

By buying up the company’s debt at a discount, Vireo Growth forced the owner of the Medicine Man brand into a restructuring that gave it control of two indoor grow facilities in Denver and an outdoor operation near Rye, as well as several dispensaries. —Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026

In recent months, Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin and others have bought up lavish beachfront estates and new commercial office spaces in South Florida. —Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026

Further details from Bloomberg’s investigation indicated that a businessman acted as a financial conduit, buying up high-end properties on Khamenei’s behalf and channeling funds through a network of investments. —Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026

Meanwhile another activist, Trian Fund Management, co-founded by Nelson Peltz, was buying up shares. —Dawn Chmielewski, USA Today, 18 Mar. 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