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cover bidding

British

noun

the act of tendering an artificially high price for a contract, on the assumption that the tender will not be accepted

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cover bidding

In Spanish one of them called from his cover, bidding Uncle Billy give himself up as a prisoner.

From When the West Was Young by Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie) Bechdolt

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