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Dictionary: o·ver·bid   (ō'vər-bĭd') pronunciation


v., -bid, -bid·den (-bĭd'n), or -bid, -bid·ding, -bids.

v.tr.
  1. To outbid (a person) for something, as at an auction.
  2. Games. To bid more than the value of (one's hand in bridge, for example).
v.intr.
To bid higher than the actual value of something.

n. (ō'vər-bĭd')
A bid higher than another bid.

overbidder o'ver·bid'der n.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a bid that is higher than preceding bids

Meaning #2: (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)
  Synonym: overcall


The verb overbid has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win, in Bridge

Meaning #2: bid more than the object is worth, as during an auction
  Antonym: underbid (meaning #3)


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - overbyde, melde over
v. intr. - byde en for høj værdi, melde over
n. - overbud, overmelding

Nederlands (Dutch)
over-/opbieden, hoger/ te hoog bod

Français (French)
v. tr. - enchérir sur, faire une annonce trop élevée (au bridge)
v. intr. - surenchérir, faire une annonce trop élevée (au bridge)
n. - surenchère

Deutsch (German)
n. - höheres Angebot
v. - überbieten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μεγαλύτερη από το κανονικό προσφορά
v. - υπερπλειοδοτώ

Italiano (Italian)
rilancio, rilanciare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - lance mais elevado
v. - cobrir o lance ou a oferta, fazer um lance mais alto

Русский (Russian)
завышенное предложение, предложить больше

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - ofrecer más que su valor, ofrecer más que otro, sobrepujar
v. intr. - ofrecer demasiado
n. - sobrepuja, declaración más alta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - överbud, högt bud
v. - bjuda över, bjuda för högt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
出价高于, 叫牌超过, 过高出价, 谎价, 高价

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 出價高於, 叫牌超過
v. intr. - 過高出價
n. - 謊價, 高價

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 값어치 이상의 비싼 값을 매기다
v. intr. - 비싸게 값을 부르다
n. - 비싼 값

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 高値を付けすぎる, より高値を付ける, 高くせる
n. - 高値を付けること, 高値

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عمليه المزايدة (فعل) يزايد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הציע מחיר גבוה מ-‬
v. intr. - ‮הפריז בהצעה‬
n. - ‮הצעה גבוהה‬


 
 
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