Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To outbid (a person) for something, as at an auction.
- intransitive verb Games To bid more than the value of (one's hand in bridge, for example).
- intransitive verb To bid higher than the actual value of something.
- noun A bid higher than another bid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To outbid; overpay; do more than pay for.
- To bid more than a just price; offer more than an equivalent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To make an
excessively highoffer topay oraccept aprice . - verb intransitive, card games To
announce agoal , before startingplay , that exceeds the goal actually achieved. - noun An excessively high offer to pay or accept a price.
- noun card games The
announcement of a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bid that is higher than preceding bids
- verb bid more than the object is worth
- verb to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,
- noun (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)
Etymologies
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Examples
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a compromise, a "modified Vickrey" where if the overbid is more than $10, the winning team would get the player for the cost of the second-highest bid, plus
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Whether this persistent "overbid" in implied volatility will continue depends entirely on the risk appetites of traders and on the ability of the market to stay calm and gleeful - an increase in days like Wednesday and Thursday of last week would make options prices more nearly fairly valued.
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page Condor Options 2009
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But not as terrible as the woman on the Price Is Right must feel, the one who overbid her showcase by just $100.
Andy McDonald: 10 Reasons why Being Unemployed may Work for You Andy McDonald 2011
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"The credit selloff looks like an overbid market returning to rational pricing," analysts at Amherst Securities Group LP wrote in a report this week.
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"Hopefully, there will be an overbid so there will be more money available to pay these administrative claims," said Stephen Karotkin of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, a lawyer for Blockbuster.
Blockbuster Avoids Liquidation Joseph Checkler 2011
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A joint venture allows developers the freedom from worry about who will fund a project or if they overbid then who will come in with equity, he said.
Roads Pave the Way for Private Equity in India Shraddha Nair 2011
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"The credit selloff looks like an overbid market returning to rational pricing," analysts at Amherst Securities Group LP wrote in a report this week.
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A joint venture allows developers the freedom from worry about who will fund a project or if they overbid then who will come in with equity, he said.
Roads Pave the Way for Private Equity in India Shraddha Nair 2011
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And it would also decrease U.S. imports from other countries (as Chinese consumers overbid us more often), and increase U.S. exports to other countries (as we underbid Chinese producers more often).
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Last year, Manganese Ore India's IPO was overbid 56 times.
In India, All That IPOs Isn't Gold Harsh Joshi 2011
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