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How to pronounce underbid in English?

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Type Words
Type of call, bid
Type Words
Type of offer, tender, bid
Type Words
Type of tender, bid, offer

Examples of underbid

underbid
Obama was given a difficult hand to play, I will admit that, but he tends to underbid.
From the forbes.com
I'm a huge Cam Newton fan and think his father underbid him during the recruiting process.
From the tennessean.com
Because of the issues, I asked her to underbid it and told her my issues.
From the dispatch.com
He tried to get some stimulus work but kept getting underbid by out-of-state contractors.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Most of the top lots went to Middle Eastern and Russian buyers, underbid by Asian clients.
From the bloomberg.com
The relatively young Osman underbid his only competitor by one-half.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This I have experienced myself in engineering where a contact was underbid and everyone knew it.
From the economist.com
Three clubs is a distinct underbid and four clubs bypasses three no trump and suggests four-card support.
From the stltoday.com
It is driven by collectors rather than dealers, who stockpile or underbid simply to push up prices.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • Bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants
  • Bid lower than a competing bidder
  • Bid too low
  • A bid at a foreclosure auction that is lower than the minimum bid.
  • (v.) To bid less than one would under normal circumstances, or to have bid less than one's team ended up taking.
  • A bid whereby the bidder has understated the value of his cards, by an error or by taking a "pessimistic view", or because the only other choice is an overbid (which may indicate a flaw in the bidding system in use).