bid-up

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bid′up′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
bid-up  (bid′up′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Businessthe act or an instance of increasing the price of something by forcing the bidding upward.
  2. Businessthe amount of such increase:a bid-up of 100 percent in the last year.
  • noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase bid up 1860–65

'bid-up' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bid up - bid

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