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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