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UNDERBID (underbidding)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does underbid mean?
• UNDERBID (verb)
The verb UNDERBID has 3 senses:
1. bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants
2. bid lower than a competing bidder
Familiarity information: UNDERBID used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: underbid
Past participle: underbid
-ing form: underbidding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "underbid" is one way to...):
bid; call (make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bid lower than a competing bidder
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "underbid" is one way to...):
bid; offer; tender (propose a payment)
Domain category:
auction; auction sale; vendue (the public sale of something to the highest bidder)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym:
outbid (bid higher than others)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Bid too low
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "underbid" is one way to...):
bid; offer; tender (propose a payment)
Domain category:
auction; auction sale; vendue (the public sale of something to the highest bidder)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
overbid (bid more than the object is worth)
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