| 单词 | bid-up |
| 释义 | bid-up[ bid-uhp ] / ˈbɪdˌʌp / nounthe act or an instance of increasing the price of something by forcing the bidding upward. the amount of such increase: a bid-up of 100 percent in the last year. Origin of bid-upFirst recorded in 1860–65; noun use of verb phrase bid up Words nearby bid-upbidirectional ventricular tachycardia, bidiscoidal placenta, bidonville, bid price, BIDS, bid-up, B.I.E., Biedermeier, Biel, bield, Bielefeld Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for bid-upbid up verb(adverb) to increase the market price of (a commodity) by making artificial bids Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with bid-upbid up Raise a price by raising one's offer, as in We were hoping to get an Oriental rug cheaply, but the dealer kept bidding us up. This phrase is used in business and commerce, particularly at auctions. [Mid-1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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