bidding warnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈbɪd.ɪŋ ˌwɔːr/us/ˈbɪd.ɪŋ ˌwɔːr/the situation in which two or more companies or people compete against each other in order to buy something:
British distributors are currently involved in a bidding war for the movie.
L'Oreal wins bidding war for Maybelline.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Buying
- acquisitiveness
- approval
- bid
- bite
- brand loyalty
- bulk-buy
- buy-in
- import
- load up on sth
- money-off
- on the slate idiom
- order form
- order sth in
- outbid
- over the counter idiom
- shop around
- shopaholic
- shopping
- stock up
- trade-in
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