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buy up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. take over, buy out, buy upverb

    take over ownership of; of corporations and companies

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  1. buy upverb

    To buy the whole of, the totality of something.

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  1. buy up

    Buy up refers to the act of purchasing or acquiring a large portion or all of a certain item, product, property, company shares or even an entire business. This is often done with the intention to take control or exert major influence over the market, enhance one's business portfolio or minimize competition.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of buy up in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of buy up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of buy up in a Sentence

  1. Jerome Cohen:

    People in Taiwan understandably have to be more cautious than ever in watching out that their liberties aren't eroded and that Chinese business does not buy up Taiwan business and become more influential.

  2. Manfred Weber:

    We have to see that Chinese companies, partly with the support of state funds, are increasingly trying to buy up European companies that are cheap to acquire or that got into economic difficulties due to the coronavirus crisis.

  3. Michael Rosman:

    People who go around trying to buy up bad pictures of themselves in the hope they can suppress them won't succeed.

  4. Terry Torrison:

    In the short-term, Greece is a worry. But longer-term, people are looking towards QE, and the fact of the matter is that with this weaker euro, American buyers are coming in to buy up European shares.

  5. Terry Torrison:

    In the short term, Greece is a worry. But longer term, people are looking towards QE, and the fact of the matter is that with this weaker euro, American buyers are coming in to buy up European shares.


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