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bid price

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noun

  1. stock exchange the price at which a stockjobber is prepared to purchase a specific security Compare offer price

"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

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The Italian group is unlikely to increase the bid price and any tender should be limited, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Otherwise, we will exit if the straddle’s bid price falls to 5.00 or less.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 18, 2025

Under the proposal, local builders would receive a credit on the bid price to give them a slight advantage.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

“Years ago there was a van Gogh self-portrait that he supposedly painted for his mother, and the bid price just got too high — I think it was something above $75 million,” he continued.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022

Over each one hovers its name in gold letters, along with its starting bid price.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

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