Take over ownership of; of corporations and companies.
1 Macquarie has used the previous market declines to buy up distressed assets.
2 Bianconi therefore began to buy up the hoarded-up guineas of the peasantry.
3 They chased around like mad men trying to buy up the planet.
4 It might be well to buy up Dockwrath, if it were possible.
5 He could buy up the kingdom of Greece, all Tyrol, half Lombardy.
6 I understand it's wise to buy up all the land you can.
7 Then farmers came forward to buy up these prisoners at this price.
8 Business leaders are worried about the government's proposal to buy up unused land.
9 The play is simple - buy up bonds, thereby driving down interest rates.
10 Free schools may buy up buildings only to close, and swiftly vacate them.
11 URUGUAY Adults can buy up to 40 grams every month from approved pharmacies.
12 Save you at least half on anything you'd buy up in the city.
13 In the short term, he's out to buy up bankrupt competitors.
14 They had to buy up the town council to do it.
15 The Germans were doing their best to buy up the entire Eastern Bloc.
16 They are retailers and secretly buy up the provisions at wholesale.
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