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What (who) is overbid - definition
overbid
¦ verb (overbids, overbidding; past and past participle overbid)
1. (in an auction) make a higher bid than a previous bid.
2. Bridge bid more than is warranted or manageable.
¦ noun a bid higher than another or higher than is justified.
Derivatives
overbidder noun
Overbid
·vt To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of.
Examples of use of overbid
1. Michelle Borin, an exotic dance club owner, has said she knew she overbid but she wanted the proceeds to help Rader‘s family.
2. PARK CITY, Kan. –– The owner of an exotic dance club bought the modest home of BTK killer Dennis Rader for $'0,000, saying she knows she overbid but wants the proceeds to help Rader‘s family.
3. Borin told The Wichita Eagle her only motivation was to help Rader‘s wife, Paula, and their two grown children because their lives have been shattered. I know I overbid on the house,‘‘ she said. I‘ve worked very hard all my life to get where I am today,‘‘ said Borin, 45. I couldn‘t even imagine what she is going through.
4. Tuesday July 12, 2005 5÷31 PM AP Photo KSOW102 PARK CITY, Kan. (AP) – The owner of an exotic dance club bought the modest home of BTK killer Dennis Rader for $'0,000, saying she knows she overbid but wants the proceeds to help Rader‘s family.
5. Strongest link: Anne Robinson‘s new super deal will run until 2010 "It is important that the BBC does not use the privilege of a guaranteed income to overbid for talent thereby raising costs for the industry as a whole and reducing the value delivered to licence–fee payers." The 63–year–old presenter, famed for her acerbic put downs, has agreed to front the show until 2010.