Bought up vs bought in

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Test No. incompl/inter-1 "Applying for that Job", question 7

You should have ......... those shares when they were cheap.

(a) taken out
(b) sold off
(c) bought up
(d) taken over

Test No. incompl/inter-1 "Applying for that Job", answer 7

You should have bought up those shares when they were cheap.

Correct answer: (c) bought up

Your answer was: correct
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Hi teaches! What the difference between
_ bought up_ and _bought in_
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[Alan]

Hi,

Buy up shares/stock means to buy a large number of shares/stocks but buy in is to put money into an organisation or become a partner.

Alan
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