buy up

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Englisch - Englisch
To buy the whole of, the totality of something

The marshland was bought up by a housing company.

take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
If you buy up land, property, or a commodity, you buy large amounts of it, or all that is available. The mention of price rises sent citizens out to their shops to buy up as much as they could The tickets will be on sale from somewhere else because the agencies have bought them up
purchase other companies, buy the competition; purchase all the stock
buy up

    Türkische aussprache

    bay ʌp

    Aussprache

    /ˈbī ˈəp/ /ˈbaɪ ˈʌp/

    Etymologie

    [ 'bI ] (verb.) before 12th century. buy + up
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