"buy a position" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to pay for or obtain a specific role or status within a group, organization, or company. Example: In order to secure the promotion, I had to buy a position by impressing the board with my leadership skills and dedication to the company.
There are also rumors that as with many other professions in Bosnia's public sector you can buy a position as a prison guard.
Even at the surface of the current scandal it is openly said that Ashcroft has written a hatchet job biography of Cameron because he is angry he couldn't buy a position as a minister.
You may be well-served to buy a position in an oil investment and hold it for the long term, while collecting any dividends paid out along the way.
Even among many of the 500 remaining companies, Mr. Stansky would still have difficulty buying a position as large as his G.E. holding.
It's no secret, Angel said, that Nasdaq wanted to get into derivatives and now with the planned acquisition of the Boston Stock Exchange it would be buying a position in the options business.
Alison [disgraced former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke] bought a diplomatic passport and bought a position.
Raising the bar from 10 percent is meant to help prod investors to buy a bigger position in the company's shares, and potentially help Dynegy's stock price.
"That increases the likelihood of holdouts and makes it easier to buy a blocking position," said Mitu Gulati, a sovereign debt specialist at Duke University Law School, referring to the strategy whereby a number of investors can effectively corner the market in a security and then force the government to rescind the discount and pay in full.
But I don't buy any more of it or buy a second position.
Unsecured bonds issued by United Airlines parent UAL are trading for around 12 cents on the dollar, meaning vulture investors could buy a commanding position in UAL's bankruptcy reorganization for less than $200 million.
A party boss did not own a factory personally—he could not even buy a flat but his position in the party gave him access to the collective property of the state, including elite housing and special food parcels.
