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underˈbid, v.
[under-1 8 b, 10 a. Cf. Da. underbyde, Sw. -bjuda.]
†1. trans. To value at a lower rate; to undervalue.
1593Nashe Christ's T. 67 When hee hath resolued to prize himselfe..so great, and some man (as proude as himselfe) comes and vnderbids him. 1645Rutherford Tryal & Tri. Faith (1845) 99 Oh, we under-bid, and undervalue that Prince of love, who did overvalue us.
2. intr. To make too low an offer.
1611Cotgr., Mesoffrir, to vnderbid; to offer lesse for a thing then tis worth. 1679Dryden Limberham ii. i, Before George, Son Limberham, you'll spoil all, if you under-bid so.
3. a. trans. To outbid (a person); to supplant by making a better offer.
1677Miége Fr. Dict. ii, To under-bid one. 1694Congreve Double Dealer iii. v, 'Tis only an inhancing the price of the Commodity, by telling you how many Customers have under⁓bid her. 1864Lowell Study Wind. (1886) 124 Strepsiades striving to underbid him in demagogism.
b. spec. To supplant by making a lower offer; to offer services, labour, or goods at lower wages or prices than (another).
1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan II. 78 A pauper, who[m]..the Major had got for a coachman by underbidding everybody else. 1871Mill Pol. Econ. iv. vii. §7 II. 378 It is also to be protected against being underbid for employment by a less highly paid class of labourers. 1878Jevons Prim. Pol. Econ. 131 No tradesman or manufacturer likes to see himself underbid by those who offer better goods at lower prices.
4. Bridge. To bid less on (a hand) than its strength warrants. Also intr.
1908R. F. Foster Auction Bridge 29 It is a mistake to underbid the hand. 1945‘S. J. Simon’ Why you lose at Bridge 58 The average player overbids his big hands and underbids his small ones. 1969A. Truscott Gt. Bridge Scandal xii. 159 He had decided to underbid his hand. 1974Times 16 Feb. 13/3 He did not wish to deny diamonds..nor could he afford to underbid by signing off in Three No Trumps.
Hence underˈbidding vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1642D. Rogers Naaman 142 That we might bee dispensed within our underbidding of the price which God calls for. Ibid. 146 To take out of thine heart this slavish, base, and unbeteaming and underbidding nature. 1900Contemp. Rev. July 128 We must abolish competition, preventing under⁓bidding by fixing prices. |