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buyup
[ bahy-uhp ]
/ ˈbaɪˌʌp /
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noun
an act or instance of buying up: a spectacular buyup of the city's most valuable real estate.
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Origin of buyup
Noun use of verb phrase buy up
Words nearby buyup
Buys-Ballot's law, buy something, buy the farm, buy time, buy-to-let, buyup, Buzau, buzkashi, buzuki, buzz, buzzard
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British Dictionary definitions for buyup
buy up
verb (tr, adverb)
to purchase all, or all that is available, of (something)
commerce to purchase a controlling interest in (a company, etc), as by the acquisition of shares
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Other Idioms and Phrases with buyup
buy up
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.”
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