bid-up

[ bid-uhp ]

noun

1. the act or an instance of increasing the price of something by forcing the bidding upward.
2. the amount of such increase:

   a bid-up of 100 percent in the last year.

bid up

verb

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bid-up¹

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

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

Hopped up on momentum and dreams, investors often bid up shares of companies beyond all reasonable valuation.

From The Daily Beast

Creating new money to bid up asset prices is also inflationary.

From The Daily Beast

As a result, prices have been bid up, and the equity premium has shrunk dramatically.

From The Daily Beast

People with higher incomes can bid up and outbid people with less money for desirable goods and services, in this case, housing.

From The Daily Beast

Parents are so obsessed with school quality that they reliably bid up the prices of homes in neighborhoods with good schools.

From The Daily Beast

Now, folks, bid up fast and talk loud when you bid so I can hear you.

From Project Gutenberg

All the best points have been sold, and real estate on the Ristigouche has been bid up to an absurd figure.

From Project Gutenberg

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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