bid up

verb

bade up or bid up; bidden up or bid up also bade up; bidding up; bids up

transitive verb

: to raise the price of (something, such as property at auction) by a succession of offers

Examples of bid up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The index was little changed on Monday as investors expressed little appetite to bid up the greenback. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026

How a Cup Gets to $60 The high end is influenced by online auctions where roasters bid up rare and microlot coffees through the Alliance for Coffee Excellence (ACE) or the Best of Panama auction. — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Rentals near train station stops or walking distance to major AI company offices are being bid up by rank-and-file tech workers. — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

Rising military expenditures across the world bid up interest rates by reducing the output available for savings. — Kenneth S. Rogoff, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bid up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup