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Webster 1913 Edition


Overbid

Oˊver-bid′

,
Verb.
T.
To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Overbid

OVERBID'

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To bid or offer beyond.
2.
To bid or offer more than an equivalent.

Definition 2024


overbid

overbid

English

Verb

overbid (third-person singular simple present overbids, present participle overbidding, simple past and past participle overbid)

  1. (intransitive) To make an excessively high offer to pay or accept a price.
  2. (intransitive, card games) To announce a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.

Noun

overbid (plural overbids)

  1. An excessively high offer to pay or accept a price.
  2. (card games) The announcement of a goal, before starting play, that exceeds the goal actually achieved.

Danish

Etymology

From over + bid (bite).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔvərbid/, [ˈɒwɐˌb̥ið]

Noun

overbid n (singular definite overbiddet, plural indefinite overbid)

  1. overbite (a malocclusion, in which the upper teeth extend over the lower ones)

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