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bid down

bid down verb: to lower the price of (something, such as a financial security or a contract) by bidding lower and lower prices.

Verb

bid down (third-person singular simple present bids down, present participle bidding down, simple past and past participle bid down)

  1. (transitive) To lower the price of (something, such as a financial security or a contract) by bidding lower and lower prices.
  2. To bid by offering low interest rates on a lien, such that the lowest bidder will win.

Forms of bid down

third-person singular presentbids down
present participlebidding down
past participlebid down
pastbid down

Questions about bid down

What does bid down mean?
Bid down means to lower the price of (something, such as a financial security or a contract) by bidding lower and lower prices.
What part of speech is bid down?
Bid down is a verb.
What is the past tense of bid down?
The past tense of bid down is bid down.

Words near bid down in the dictionary

  1. Bicăjel
  2. bid
  3. bid adieu
  4. bid beads
  5. bid defiance to
  6. bid down
  7. bid fair
  8. bid hook
  9. bid hooks
  10. bid in
  11. bid off

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