buying up
Cornering the supply
Buying up is purchasing large quantities of something, often systematically or aggressively: Investors are buying up beachfront property, The company bought up all available stock.
The phrase suggests acquisition at scale, sometimes with the implication of cornering a market or depleting supply.
- acquireGain possession of
- snapping upAcquiring something quickly
- gobbling upEating fast and greedily
- corneringForcing into position
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
sale · buyout · engross · monopolizing · merger · takeover · hostile takeover · accumulation · purchase · amassing · market dominance · sweep · cartelization · hoarding · stockpiling · investment · grab · market saturation
buying upselling off
Disposing of holdings quickly
liquidating · divesting · offloading · selling out · unloading
buying updistributing
Apportioning among recipients
dispersing · breaking up · parceling out · scattering · fragmenting
buying updivesting
Disposing of possessions
divestiture · liquidation · asset stripping · downsizing · shedding
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