buy up

既定 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

動詞

慣用表現 他動詞

(idiomatic, transitive) To buy the whole of; to purchase the entire stock of something. / (idiomatic, transitive) To buy whatever is available of something.

日本語の意味

全体を買い占める、すべての在庫を購入する / 購入可能なものをすべて買い尽くす

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During the panic, several investors tried to buy up the available land to control development.

パニックの間、数人の投資家が開発を支配するために利用可能な土地を買い占めようとした。

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意味（1）

(idiomatic, transitive) To buy the whole of; to purchase the entire stock of something.

The marshland was bought up by a housing company.

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意味（2）

(idiomatic, transitive) To buy whatever is available of something.

According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.

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意味（3）

(idiomatic, transitive) To buy off; to pay in blackmail money or similar.

Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, it's for you to consider whether or not to buy this up. I should recommend, on the whole, it's being bought up myself; and I think it may be bought pretty cheap.

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buys up （ present singular third-person ）

buying up （ participle present ）

bought up （ participle past ）

bought up （ past ）