bid up
verb
bade up or bid up; bidden up or bid up also bade up; bidding up; bids up
: to raise the price of (something, such as property at auction) by a succession of offers
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As tin gets scarcer, users with a pressing need for the metal bid up the price, sending a strong signal to all users of tin: Economize!
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Megan McArdle, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
Bidders register and can bid up to four times the assessed value of a property up for auction.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2024
Making matters worse, as Europe bid up the price of gas, demand for coal spiked in Asia and drove prices to record levels, leaving developing and emerging-market countries, such as Pakistan and Bangladesh, struggling to afford energy in any form.
—Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2023
Buyers demanding a limited supply of TSMC’s most energy-efficient AI chips could bid up prices even further.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2024
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Megan McArdle, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
Bidders register and can bid up to four times the assessed value of a property up for auction.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2024
Making matters worse, as Europe bid up the price of gas, demand for coal spiked in Asia and drove prices to record levels, leaving developing and emerging-market countries, such as Pakistan and Bangladesh, struggling to afford energy in any form.
—Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2023
Buyers demanding a limited supply of TSMC’s most energy-efficient AI chips could bid up prices even further.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2024
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“Bid up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bid%20up. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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