Synonyms for buying up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : baɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for buying up Other synonyms for the word buying 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 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
- 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
Antonyms for buying up
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