English to Icelandic Meaning of overbid - overbid

Overbid :

overbid

Overbid :: overbidOverbids :: overbids

← Overbear

overblown →

Share This

Definitions of overbid in English

Noun(1) a bid that is higher than preceding bids(2) (bridge, especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand
Verb(1) to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,(2) bid more than the object is worth

Examples of overbid in English

(1) On the other hand, in his determination to secure the property, he may overbid by a margin greater than necessary.(2) Knowledge is power, and that way you won't overbid .(3) Work with a top-flight real estate agent who's seen several business cycles in the area, who can help you understand pricing trends there so you don't overbid .(4) I'd once seen him blithely overbid for a tiny James I miniature portrait(5) Presumably it is legal to expose an identical pair to begin with to make it more difficult for other players to overbid, or to overbid a single card directly with a triple, and so on.(6) But this guy overbid me by something like 50% of my maximum bid.(7) Media hype and too much wine at dinner may lead a wealthy collector to overbid for a work at auction (but there must have been an underbidder).(8) So canny employers are often willing to pay the finest foreign talent even more than they pay local talent - not underbidding for foreign talent, as nativists fear, but often overbidding .(9) ├ö├ç├┐Now our larger competition is overbidding prices like crazy,├ö├ç├û he says.(10) However, anecdotal stories are now appearing, suggesting that many people have figured this out, and overbidding for the sake of ├ö├ç├┐winning├ö├ç├û is becoming less common.

Synonyms

Noun

1. overcall ::

overcall

Different Forms

overbid, overbids

English to Icelandic Dictionary: overbid

Meaning and definitions of overbid, translation in Icelandic language for overbid with similar and opposite words. Also find spoken pronunciation of overbid in Icelandic and in English language.

Tags for the entry 'overbid'

What overbid means in Icelandic, overbid meaning in Icelandic, overbid definition, examples and pronunciation of overbid in Icelandic language.