Definition of UNDERBID

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Recent Examples on the Web Documents from the review cite concerns after G4S slashed wages to underbid competitors and then hired untrained guards when others quit. — USA Today, "A security empire deployed guards with violent pasts across the U.S. Some went on to rape, assault or kill," 31 Oct. 2019 The primary example concerns a case from the 1970s in which the AIA suspended Aram Mardirosian for seeking a contract that was already awarded to another architect by underbidding him. — Diana Budds, Curbed, "Inside the AIA’s efforts to address #MeToo," 5 Aug. 2019 Jeff Eller, spokesman for the Rail Security Alliance, a group of American rail car companies, said CRRC is supported by the government of China and can underbid on contracts with no market consequences, which is unfair to other companies. — Mary Wisniewski, chicagotribune.com, "Proposed ban on buying Chinese buses, rail cars could curtail job growth at Southeast Side factory," 5 Aug. 2019 Working-class Americans aren’t lazy or xenophobic, but they are deeply underbid by immigrants. — WSJ, "Elites Miss the Point on Immigration Politics," 13 July 2018 Outsourcers underbid in the hope that subsequent amendments to the contract—extra charges here and there—will eventually yield some profits. — The Economist, "Britain’s outsourcing model, copied around the world, is in trouble," 28 June 2018 Carillion’s demise was likely caused by a combination of rapid expansion and underbidding for contracts that have had low margins since the financial crisis, analysts say. — Kimiko De Freytas-tamura, New York Times, "Collapse of U.K. Construction Giant Rattles the Government," 15 Jan. 2018 The company has already drawn flack for massively underbidding competitors. — Jason Laughlin, Philly.com, "Boston's testing Chinese train cars, and SEPTA is watching," 12 Oct. 2017

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“Underbid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underbid. Accessed 25 Feb. 2020.

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