Synonyms for buys up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : baɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for buys up Other synonyms for the word buys up
- acquire
- amass
- bring around
- buy out
- come by
- corral
- deposit
- draw
- earn
- effect
- find
- gain
- garner
- gather
- get
- grab
- have
- hide
- induce
- keep
- land
- latch on to
- lay away
- lay hands on
- lay up
- make a haul
- manage to get
- persuade
- pick up
- pile up
- prevail upon
- promote
- purchase
- put aside for rainy day
- put by
- save
- score
- scrimp
- secure
- sock away
- squirrel
- stash
- stockpile
- store
- stow away
- treasure
- wangle
- win
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for buys up
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