outbidding
Beating at auction
Outbidding is offering more than someone else to win something at auction or in competition.
The word implies an ongoing contest where each party tries to top the other: They kept outbidding each other until the price doubled.
Figuratively, it extends to any situation where rivals try to surpass one another's offers or proposals.
Conducts public sales
- gavelSmall ceremonial hammer
- hammerTool for striking nails
- paddleFlat-bladed water tool
- lotLarge amount or portion
reserve · increment · estimate · catalogue · heritage · consignment · provenance · collectibles
Methods to achieve goals
- bluffingDeceiving about one's position
- signalingConveying information nonverbally
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
sniping · pricing · timing · psychological · incremental · escalation · counterbid
Those who compete
- opponentsThose who compete against
- challengersThose who compete against
- vyingCompeting eagerly for something
- contestOrganized competitive event
rivalry · race · battle · showdown · face-off · clash · struggle · defeating
One who acquires things
- sellerOne who trades goods
- offerProposal to provide
- counterofferAlternative terms proposed back
- closingFinal stage of something
Assuming command of something
- mergerCorporate combination
- shareholdersOwners of company stock
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
- corporateOf or relating to companies
acquisition · premium · suitor · counterbid · white-knight · deal · valuation · stake
auctioneer
Conducts public sales
lot · reserve · increment · estimate · catalogue · heritage · consignment · provenance · collectibles · antiques
tactics
Methods to achieve goals
- bluffingDeceiving about one's position
- signalingConveying information nonverbally
- valuationAssessment of monetary worth
budgeting · sniping · pricing · timing · psychological · incremental · escalation · counterbid
rivals
Those who compete
- opponentsThose who compete against
- challengersThose who compete against
- vyingCompeting eagerly for something
contest · rivalry · race · battle · showdown · face-off · clash · struggle · defeating · surpassing
buyer
One who acquires things
- sellerOne who trades goods
- offerProposal to provide
- counterofferAlternative terms proposed back
closing · contingency · preapproval · inspection · appraisal
takeover
Assuming command of something
- mergerCorporate combination
- shareholdersOwners of company stock
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
corporate · acquisition · premium · suitor · counterbid · white-knight · deal · valuation · stake
- auctionsauction, auctioneer, auction house, auction houses, hammer price
- biddingauction, tender, counterbid, sniping, auctioneer
outbiddingwithdrawing
Removing or pulling away
abstaining · dropping out · bowing out · passing · sitting out
bid, bidding, bids, bidder, outbid, bidders, outbids, underbid, overbid