bid-up

[ bid-uhp ]

/ ˈbɪdˌʌp /

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noun

the 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.

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Origin of bid-up

First recorded in 1860–65; noun use of verb phrase bid up

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How to use bid-up in a sentence

Hopped up on momentum and dreams, investors often bid up shares of companies beyond all reasonable valuation.
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Creating new money to bid up asset prices is also inflationary.
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As a result, prices have been bid up, and the equity premium has shrunk dramatically.
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People with higher incomes can bid up and outbid people with less money for desirable goods and services, in this case, housing.
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Parents are so obsessed with school quality that they reliably bid up the prices of homes in neighborhoods with good schools.
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Now, folks, bid up fast and talk loud when you bid so I can hear you.
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All the best points have been sold, and real estate on the Ristigouche has been bid up to an absurd figure.
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They let their own artists starve—they make them come over here—while they bid up a Raphael like a block of shares.
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"That fellow to the south seems to have decided to bid up for the Savannah River entrance on the next tack, sir," I reported.
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McGinity would bid up to whatever he thought the proposition worth, and not a dollar more.
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British Dictionary definitions for bid-up

bid up

verb

(adverb) to increase the market price of (a commodity) by making artificial bids

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Other Idioms and Phrases with bid-up

bid 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]