by-bid

• Устаревший глагол, означающий делать ставку против кого-либо или предлагать конкурирующую ставку на аукционе или в подобном контексте.

An obsolete verb meaning to bid against someone, or to offer a competing bid in an auction or similar context.

1. Bid on behalf of someone elseC1formal

   To place a bid in an auction or similar process as a representative or agent for another person.

   Торговаться от имени

   • The agent was authorized to by-bid for the collector at the art auction.
   • He hired a professional to by-bid on the rare stamp.
   • The auctioneer recognized the signal to by-bid for the anonymous client.