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单词 underbid
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Definition of underbid in English:

underbid

verbunderbidding, underbidsʌndəˈbɪdˌəndərˈbɪd
[with object]
  • 1(in an auction or competitive tendering) make a lower bid than (someone)

    they were underbid by competitors who charged less
    underbidding for contracts is a road to ruin
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Framers, she said, often will start underbidding themselves by immediately suggesting other options to make the job less expensive.
    • They underbid, over-promised and they didn't deliver.
    • Apparently, the roofing contractor had underbid the project and was saving money by leaving gaps between the insulation boards, thus reducing the amount of material that had to be purchased.
    • They manage to provide a certain product range at a competitive price - so competitive that individual local traders find impossible to underbid.
    • This worsens the trade deficit and helps these companies underbid rivals.
    • Companies with poor safety records may be able to underbid companies that invest in safety but only in the short term.
    • Small manufacturers tend to be terrified of losing an order, so they dramatically underbid.
    • We can be underbid by smaller contractors on little jobs.
    • To get their initial clients, they had to underbid and offer lower prices.
    • We hereby assume that he only sells his coats for the same price as his competitors, and does not take advantage of these economies to underbid them.
    • Companies in the market for consultants can now use Web exchanges to post REPs (request for proposals) and then sit back while the contenders prepare responses and underbid one another.
    • Their whole business model is about bringing in inexpensive foreign labor so they can underbid their rivals.
    • He's talking about American workers being underbid in the global labor market.
    • They'll help reveal, early on, any underbidding mistakes you've made - preferably before the cash-flow crunch and the red ink.
    • The question, of course, is whether the cost overruns stem from unforeseen problems that crop up over the course of a project or whether projects are routinely underbid.
    • Many framers often find themselves underbidding themselves to keep a piece of work in the shop for framing.
    • The audience roared because they thought I underbid.
    • The contractor had significantly underbid the job.
    • ‘Desperate contractors will underbid labor, safety and management costs just to keep their crews busy,’ he says.
    • In order to make their bid more attractive the new contractors must underbid each other.
    Synonyms
    charge less than, charge a lower price than, undersell
  • 2Bridge
    Make a lower bid on (one's hand) than its strength warrants.

    the average player underbids his small hands
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Since declarer's side in a ‘no seven’ game can choose when to bring the game to a close, they can certainly arrange to lose; thus there will be no underbidding for the right to be declarer!
nounPlural underbidsˈʌndəbɪdˈəndərˌbɪd
  • A bid that is lower than another or than is justified.

Derivatives

  • underbidder

  • nounˌʌndəˈbɪdəˌəndərˈbɪdər
    • 1A person who makes a lower bid than someone in an auction or competitive tendering.

      the sale yielded a number of disappointed underbidders
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The underbidders, including Paddy Kelly and Derek Quinlan, are expected to bid for the Berkeley Court and Montrose hotels, which the Jurys Doyle board has decided to place on the market.
      • Sadly for Charles, his clients always tended to be underbidders in the great Victorian energy sell-off.
      • The purchaser was Phelim Coyle from Cootehill, Co. Cavan who paid €13,200 to secure this heifer from many west of Ireland underbidders.
      • would you rather face an overbidder or an underbidder?
    • 2Bridge
      A person who makes a lower bid on their hand than its strength warrants.

Rhymes

amid, backslid, bid, did, forbid, grid, hid, id, kid, Kidd, lid, Madrid, mid, outbid, outdid, quid, rid, skid, slid, squid, yid
 
 

Definition of underbid in US English:

underbid

verbˌəndərˈbɪdˌəndərˈbid
[with object]
  • 1(in an auction or when seeking a contract) make a lower bid than (someone)

    they were underbid by competitors who charged less
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘Desperate contractors will underbid labor, safety and management costs just to keep their crews busy,’ he says.
    • Framers, she said, often will start underbidding themselves by immediately suggesting other options to make the job less expensive.
    • Companies in the market for consultants can now use Web exchanges to post REPs (request for proposals) and then sit back while the contenders prepare responses and underbid one another.
    • We can be underbid by smaller contractors on little jobs.
    • Many framers often find themselves underbidding themselves to keep a piece of work in the shop for framing.
    • They manage to provide a certain product range at a competitive price - so competitive that individual local traders find impossible to underbid.
    • They underbid, over-promised and they didn't deliver.
    • This worsens the trade deficit and helps these companies underbid rivals.
    • We hereby assume that he only sells his coats for the same price as his competitors, and does not take advantage of these economies to underbid them.
    • Small manufacturers tend to be terrified of losing an order, so they dramatically underbid.
    • The question, of course, is whether the cost overruns stem from unforeseen problems that crop up over the course of a project or whether projects are routinely underbid.
    • Their whole business model is about bringing in inexpensive foreign labor so they can underbid their rivals.
    • To get their initial clients, they had to underbid and offer lower prices.
    • They'll help reveal, early on, any underbidding mistakes you've made - preferably before the cash-flow crunch and the red ink.
    • Apparently, the roofing contractor had underbid the project and was saving money by leaving gaps between the insulation boards, thus reducing the amount of material that had to be purchased.
    • The contractor had significantly underbid the job.
    • The audience roared because they thought I underbid.
    • Companies with poor safety records may be able to underbid companies that invest in safety but only in the short term.
    • He's talking about American workers being underbid in the global labor market.
    • In order to make their bid more attractive the new contractors must underbid each other.
    Synonyms
    charge less than, charge a lower price than, undersell
    1. 1.1Bridge Make a lower bid on (one's hand) than its strength warrants.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Since declarer's side in a ‘no seven’ game can choose when to bring the game to a close, they can certainly arrange to lose; thus there will be no underbidding for the right to be declarer!
nounˈəndərˌbidˈəndərˌbɪd
  • A bid that is lower than another or than is justified.

 
 
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