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1 PHRASAL VERB If you buy someone out , you buy their share of something such as a company or piece of property that you previously owned together. □ [V P n] The bank had to pay to buy out most of the 200 former partners. □ [V n P ] He bought his brother out for $17 million.

2 → see also buyout

▸  buy up PHRASAL VERB If you buy up land, property, or a commodity, you buy large amounts of it, or all that is available. □ [V P n] The mention of price rises sent citizens out to their shops to buy up as much as they could. □ [V n P ] The tickets will be on sale from somewhere else because the agencies have bought them up.

bu y-back (buy-backs ) N‑COUNT A buy-back is a situation in which a company buys shares back from its investors. [BUSINESS ] □  …a share buy-back scheme. □  The company announced an extensive stock buy-back program.

buy|er ◆◇◇ /ba I ə ^r / (buyers )

1 N‑COUNT A buyer is a person who is buying something or who intends to buy it. □  Car buyers are more interested in safety and reliability than speed.

2 N‑COUNT A buyer is a person who works for a large store deciding what goods will be bought from manufacturers to be sold in the store.

bu y|er's ma r|ket N‑SING When there is a buyer's market for a particular product, there are more of the products for sale than there are people who want to buy them, so buyers have a lot of choice and can make prices come down. Compare seller's market . [BUSINESS ]

buy|out /ba I aʊt/ (buyouts )

1 N‑COUNT A buyout is the buying of a company, especially by its managers or employees. [BUSINESS ] □  It is thought that a management buyout is one option.

2 → see also MBO

buzz /bʌ z/ (buzzes , buzzing , buzzed )

1 VERB If something buzzes or buzzes somewhere, it makes a long continuous sound, like the noise a bee makes when it is flying. □ [V ] The intercom buzzed and he pressed down the appropriate switch. □ [V prep/adv] Attack helicopters buzzed across the city. ● N‑COUNT Buzz is also a noun. □ [+ of ] …the irritating buzz of an insect. ●  buzz|ing N‑UNCOUNT □  He switched off the transformer and the buzzing stopped.

2 VERB If people are buzzing around , they are moving around quickly and busily. [WRITTEN ] □ [V adv/prep] A few tourists were buzzing about.

3 VERB If questions or ideas are buzzing around your head, or if your head is buzzing with questions or ideas, you are thinking about a lot of things, often in a confused way. □ [V + around in ] Many more questions were buzzing around in my head. □ [V + with ] Top style consultants will leave you buzzing with new ideas. [Also V ]

4 VERB [usu cont] If a place is buzzing with activity or conversation, there is a lot of activity or conversation there, especially because something important or exciting is about to happen. □ [V + with ] The rehearsal studio is buzzing with lunchtime activity. □ [V -ing] …Hong Kong's buzzing, pulsating atmosphere. [Also V , V prep]

5 N‑SING You can use buzz to refer to a long continuous sound, usually caused by lots of people talking at once. □ [+ of ] A buzz of excitement filled the courtroom as the defendant was led in. □ [+ of ] …the excited buzz of conversation.

6 N‑SING If something gives you a buzz , it makes you feel very happy or excited for a short time. [INFORMAL ] □  Performing still gives him a buzz. □ [+ from ] He got a buzz from creating confrontations.

7 N‑SING If a place or event has a buzz , it has a lively, interesting, and modern atmosphere. □ [+ about ] The girls fell in love with Dublin on previous visits. They said that what they liked was the buzz about the place.