buy up
Britishverb
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to purchase all, or all that is available, of (something)
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commerce to purchase a controlling interest in (a company, etc), as by the acquisition of shares
Example Sentences
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As part of the deal, Google signed a 22-year contract with Finnish utility Fortum to buy up to 50% of the output from the Loviisa nuclear power plant.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Nor can China’s trading partners simply buy up yuan to force it higher, since China tightly controls access to its currency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The obvious solution will be the Federal Reserve, which can revive the old quantitative-easing program, effectively printing or creating new money and using it to buy up Treasury bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
You can buy up to four more tickets to any non-soccer sports/ceremony to reach the 12-ticket general maximum and up to 12 more soccer tickets during this drop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
They sent agents abroad to buy up libraries.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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