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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With Disney as the majority shareholder of Hulu, NBCUniversal (the same company that bid up Disney’s Fox check by nearly $20 billion) exercised a clause that forced Disney to buy out its own one-third stake in Hulu.
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2024
Follow the money: Financial markets have been bidding up Tesla stock as Musk has cemented his bonds to President Trump.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
Markets also bid up the cost for the U.S. to borrow money, another sign of inflation fears re-emerging.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Jan. 2025
This caused prices to be bid up, resulting in inflation.
—William Dunkelberg, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2024
Follow the money: Financial markets have been bidding up Tesla stock as Musk has cemented his bonds to President Trump.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
Markets also bid up the cost for the U.S. to borrow money, another sign of inflation fears re-emerging.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Jan. 2025
This caused prices to be bid up, resulting in inflation.
—William Dunkelberg, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Bid up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bid%20up. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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