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

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Nonetheless, investors have been bidding up the fund, shrinking the fund’s discount to net asset value (NAV, or the value of its underlying holdings) down close to par. Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025 Like the broader market, Club stock Nvidia opened higher, with investors bidding up shares after CEO Jensen Huang’s CES address. Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025 Nine final automatic qualifying bids up for grabs Most of the conference tournaments wrapped up on Saturday night, but there are still nine tournaments – five on the men’s side, four on the women’s – that have their championship games on Sunday. Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 16 Mar. 2025 That’s exacerbating the price spiral, as customers bid up remaining supplies out of proportion with the shortage. Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bid up

Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bid up was in 1864

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“Bid up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bid%20up. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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