noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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high
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If the salvage is worthwhile then this should be taken up and disposed of to the highest bidder .
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Luckily, the chatter of cold hard cash later persuaded the state to sell the name to the highest bidder .
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King John sold the marriages of such heiresses to the highest bidder .
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She works for the highest bidder .
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Mr. Warp obtained this P-59 by the fact that he was the highest bidder at a Government scrap sale!
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We live in a country in which all national political offices are for sale to the highest bidder .
low
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Now they can either award the deal to the lowest bidder or negotiate some kind of split.
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Scott Supply was low bidder on about 80 items, and low bidder over all.
other
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The other auction bidders are all tied up with litigation against the Special Forces.
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There are no other bidders: who would want a place like this nowadays - and in Khatm?
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He looked round; at the large woman with the flashy rings, the bald man, the other bidders .
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In both cases, there ware no other bidders in the room.
possible
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Only BellSouth Corp. remains a possible Bell bidder .
potential
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All potential bidders are told they are in an auction process.
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For one thing, most other potential bidders have expertise in either lodging or gaming, not both.
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David McErlain, the chairman of Anglo, said over 300 potential bidders had shown interest in the eight operations.
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The source said there were at least two other potential bidders waiting in the wings, but would not identify them.
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The troubled defence and electronics group has spent the week in talks a clutch of potential bidders .
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This means that potential competitive bidders will have more time to organise rival bids.
successful
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Once the hammer has fallen, the successful bidder for a house must exchange contracts immediately and pay a deposit.
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One successful bidder was Midvale Steel; soon naval inspectors, extended every courtesy, had the run of the Midvale shops.
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Railtrack will own the infrastructure but the successful bidder for the franchise will run the trains.
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The successful bidder is under a binding contract to purchase the relevant property.
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A Memorandum of Contract must be completed and exchanged prior to the successful bidder leaving the Auction Room.
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Organisers said that the successful bidder would lunch with the governor who had offered the prize.
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The scheme will be extended from Task Force areas to include successful City Challenge bidders .
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telephone
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Both were snapped up by anonymous telephone bidders who paid three times more than expected.
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On auction night in New York, 11 November, 1987, two telephone bidders competed for Irises.
■ VERB
prefer
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Adtranz Signal has been selected as preferred bidder , with the formal contract to be signed shortly.
select
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Adtranz Signal has been selected as preferred bidder , with the formal contract to be signed shortly.
sell
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Will they too be sold to the highest bidder , regardless of the interests of local people?
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I mean, we were selling to the highest bidder , right?
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Initially, the office was often sold to the highest bidder , who would recoup his losses by assiduity in collecting.
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Rather, they will be required to continually sell it to bidders , including other utilities.
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They sold to the highest bidder , an antiquarian book-seller from Fife.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As an important by-product it will also make it difficult for prospective bidders to build up stakes in secret.
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Auctiongoers, whether novices or experienced bidders, need to go in with a budget in mind.
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David McErlain, the chairman of Anglo, said over 300 potential bidders had shown interest in the eight operations.
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Despite three attempts to buy it and run it themselves, it's been sold instead to another private bidder .
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He has said he hopes several bidders will compete.
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If the salvage is worthwhile then this should be taken up and disposed of to the highest bidder .
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The auctioneer will make eye contact with the bidders, and often will identify the bidder by number or clothing.