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Grammar : Verb
Spell : bahy
Phonetic Transcription : baɪ



Definition of buys up

Origin :
  • Old English bycgan (past tense bohte) "to buy, pay for, acquire; redeem, ransom; procure; get done," from Proto-Germanic *bugjanan (cf. Old Saxon buggjan, Old Norse byggja, Gothic bugjan), of unknown origin, not found outside Germanic.
  • The surviving spelling is southwest England dialect; the word was generally pronounced in Old English and Middle English with a -dg- sound as "budge," or "bidge." Meaning "believe, accept as true" first recorded 1926. Related: Bought; buying. To buy time "prevent further deterioration but make no improvement" is attested from 1946.
  • As in procure : verb acquire, obtain
  • As in squirrel : verb hoard
  • As in stash : verb hoard
  • As in hoard : verb put away, accumulate
Example sentences :
  • He goes to a book-store and buys up a lot of paper-covered novels.
  • Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr
  • Under the cloak of a benevolent citizen he buys up public land for his own profit.
  • Extract from : « The Social Significance of the Modern Drama » by Emma Goldman
  • "Some buys up these yer old critturs, and ses there's a sight more wear in 'em than a body 'd think," said the man, reflectively.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • He buys up men that have been made captives, if perchance he may be able to find some one for whom to gain his son in exchange.
  • Extract from : « The Captiva and The Mostellaria » by Plautus
  • He buys up land in his own name, then he finds men of straw to run up houses upon it.
  • Extract from : « Father Goriot » by Honore de Balzac
  • The Standard Oil Company buys up competitors and dismantles their works.
  • Extract from : « Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 » by Various

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