underbid
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un·der·bid
(ŭn′dər-bĭd′)v. un·der·bid, un·der·bid·ding, un·der·bids
v.tr.
1. To bid lower than (a competitor).
2. Games To bid less than the full value of (one's hand) in bridge.
v.intr.
To make an unnecessarily low bid.
un′der-bid′ n.
un′der·bid′der n.
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underbid
(ˌʌndəˈbɪd)vb (tr) , -bids, -bidding or -bid
1. (Commerce) to submit a bid lower than that of (others): Irena underbid the other dealers.
2. (Commerce) to submit an excessively low bid for
3. (Bridge) bridge to make a bid that will win fewer tricks than is justified by the strength of the hand: he underbid his hand.
ˈunderˌbidder n
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un•der•bid
(ˌʌn dərˈbɪd)v. -bid, -bid•ding. v.t.
1. to bid less than (another bid) or less than the bid of (another bidder), esp. in seeking a contract.
2. to bid less than the value or worth of (a contract or hand) at cards.
v.i. 3. to bid lower than another, esp. too low to gain something.
[1585–95]
un′der•bid`der, n.
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underbid
Past participle: underbid
Gerund: underbidding
| Imperative |
|---|
| underbid |
| underbid |
| Present |
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| I underbid |
| you underbid |
| he/she/it underbids |
| we underbid |
| you underbid |
| they underbid |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I underbid |
| you underbid |
| he/she/it underbid |
| we underbid |
| you underbid |
| they underbid |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am underbidding |
| you are underbidding |
| he/she/it is underbidding |
| we are underbidding |
| you are underbidding |
| they are underbidding |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have underbid |
| you have underbid |
| he/she/it has underbid |
| we have underbid |
| you have underbid |
| they have underbid |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was underbidding |
| you were underbidding |
| he/she/it was underbidding |
| we were underbidding |
| you were underbidding |
| they were underbidding |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had underbid |
| you had underbid |
| he/she/it had underbid |
| we had underbid |
| you had underbid |
| they had underbid |
| Future |
|---|
| I will underbid |
| you will underbid |
| he/she/it will underbid |
| we will underbid |
| you will underbid |
| they will underbid |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have underbid |
| you will have underbid |
| he/she/it will have underbid |
| we will have underbid |
| you will have underbid |
| they will have underbid |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be underbidding |
| you will be underbidding |
| he/she/it will be underbidding |
| we will be underbidding |
| you will be underbidding |
| they will be underbidding |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been underbidding |
| you have been underbidding |
| he/she/it has been underbidding |
| we have been underbidding |
| you have been underbidding |
| they have been underbidding |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been underbidding |
| you will have been underbidding |
| he/she/it will have been underbidding |
| we will have been underbidding |
| you will have been underbidding |
| they will have been underbidding |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been underbidding |
| you had been underbidding |
| he/she/it had been underbidding |
| we had been underbidding |
| you had been underbidding |
| they had been underbidding |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would underbid |
| you would underbid |
| he/she/it would underbid |
| we would underbid |
| you would underbid |
| they would underbid |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have underbid |
| you would have underbid |
| he/she/it would have underbid |
| we would have underbid |
| you would have underbid |
| they would have underbid |
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Verb 1. [画像:underbid - bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants]underbid - bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants
2. [画像:underbid - bid lower than a competing bidder]underbid - bid lower than a competing bidder
outbid - bid higher than others
3. [画像:underbid - bid too low]underbid - bid too low
overbid - bid more than the object is worth
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underbid
[ˈʌndəˈbɪd] (underbade or underbid (pt) (underbidden or underbid (pp)))Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005