buy up

British  

verb

1. to purchase all, or all that is available, of (something)

2. commerce to purchase a controlling interest in (a company, etc), as by the acquisition of shares

---

buy up Idioms  

1. Purchase all that is available, as in They want to buy up all the land in this area. This term was first recorded in a law enacted under Henry VIII: “They buy up all manner of fish.”

---

Example Sentences

Some see an opportunity to buy up quality stocks at bargain prices, while others argue many of the plays might now be cheap for good reason, as AI could fundamentally damage their business models.

From MarketWatch

Medline’s founding family, which still retains some ownership, says it will buy up to $250 million in shares, according to Medline.

From Barron's

Its monthslong selloff, in his view, offered investors a chance to buy up a “Magnificent Seven” winner for cheap.

From MarketWatch

Carter sold his stake in the company around 1968, and would go on to be an early pioneer of the leveraged buyout, creating a new fortune buying up industrial companies.

From The Wall Street Journal

There are practical benefits to index inclusion, since funds passively tracking the Nasdaq-100 would have to buy up shares of new entrants.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• amass
• collect
• deposit
• hide
• pile up
• stockpile