bidding war

[bid-ing-wawr]

noun

1. a competition in which two or more potential buyers make increasing offers to buy the same thing.

Example Sentences

Engaging the GOP in a bidding war over deregulation is like getting suckered into a hot dog-eating contest with Joey Chestnut.

From Salon

The move comes after a months-long bidding war a between major streaming platforms, and new episodes will first be shown on Paramount's cable channel Comedy Central, before streaming on Paramount+.

From BBC

The move comes after a months-long bidding war a between major streaming platforms.

From BBC

The auction house said there was an "electrifying" 10-minute bidding war between "nine determined collectors".

From BBC

From the outset, the project, which reunites Bruckheimer with “Top Gun: Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski and screenwriter Ehren Kruger, sparked a bidding war among virtually every studio and streamer, ultimately landing as a co-production between Apple and Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times