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buy up

verb

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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Idioms and Phrases

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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The company also runs what’s known as an ad exchange that helps match publishers with advertisers who are competing with one another to buy up available ad space.

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Developing countries are still angry at the way wealthy nations bought up and hoarded vaccines during Covid-19, while countries with large pharmaceutical industries worry mandatory transfers might undermine research and development.

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But Clyde shipbuilding had long been in decline, people were moving out and the cheap flats were increasingly bought up as rental investments.

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Although a range of Dutch groups have backed a ban, fireworks suppliers are seeking some €895m in compensation because of the stocks they have bought up for the next new year.

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And state-linked enterprises have been buying up stocks in what appears to be a move to stabilise the market.

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