To buy up wholesale; esp. to buy up the whole stock, or as much as possible, of (a commodity) for the purpose of ‘regrating’ or retailing it at a…

To intercept (goods, etc.) before they reach the public markets; to buy (them) up privately with a view to enhance the price: in former days an…

With up: = engross, v. 3 4 Obsolete.

transitive. To buy up (commodities, esp. food) in order to resell at a profit in the same or a neighbouring market. Also intransitive. Cf. forestall…

transitive. To buy up (provisions) for resale elsewhere; to hawk for sale; (occasionally more generally) to deal in (a commodity). Also intransitive…

to engross the market: to buy up the entire stock of a commodity in order to sell it at an increased price. Cf. engross, v. 3a.

transitive. To buy (a commodity, originally tobacco) cheaply with the expectation of selling it later for a profit. Now: spec. to buy a very young…