Antonyms for buying up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bahy
Phonetic Transcription : baɪ


Definition of buying 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 :
  • They'll bear the stocks all they can while they're buying up.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • And her trustee has been buying up some choice Boston property for her.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Salem » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • The men in town who are buying up other people's land don't try to farm it.
  • Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather
  • The British, however, are buying up much grain there now at 10s.
  • Extract from : « The Peace Negotiations » by J. D. Kestell
  • He was buying up land for himself in the Wadi Al Ain and elsewhere.
  • Extract from : « Southern Arabia » by Theodore Bent
  • This buying up had to be done in one week, and it was a pure squeeze.
  • Extract from : « Flappers and Philosophers » by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • As proprietor he is buying up the lands and becoming plantation-owner.
  • Extract from : « The Pacific Triangle » by Sydney Greenbie
  • What is done in "buying up the opportunity," must be done quickly.
  • Extract from : « Training the Teacher » by A. F. Schauffler
  • Ah, you should have seen him buying up old furniture; what tact!
  • Extract from : « Bureaucracy » by Honore de Balzac
  • It robs society by the monopolising or buying up of raw materials.
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Stuart Mill

Synonyms for buying up

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