That calls for wild overbidding, particularly if the vulnerability is favorable.

The overbidding for companies is widespread, many say.

Some considerable overbidding had a happy ending on the diagramed deal, with a little cooperation from the defense.

In the diagramed example from a money game North followed up his fourth-suit bid with some overbidding.

Australian TV is at present in turmoil precisely as a result of desperate overbidding.

YTT was effected by the overbidding for its franchises in 1992.

Slight overbidding, or more rarely slight underbidding, is likely to produce a swing.

Intrigued, the studies authors constructed a series of games to further test the theory of fear-driven overbidding.

This opened the door for some overbidding by North-South after North balanced with two hearts.

The declarer proceeded to vindicate his overbidding.

"It is characterized by lots of buyers with cash, a short supply of large apartments and multiple overbidding.

But we can also see the powerful - and often negative - effect that illogical overbidding can have on the companies seeking capital and their investors.

This combination of deliberate overbidding and skillful play enabled Stewart and Weinstein to finish fourth in the event.

"Last spring, buyers brought unabashed enthusiasm to the market, and overbidding was commonplace," said Pamela Liebman, chief executive of Corcoran.

Every year we are witness to confrontation over the budget because the Council seeks to resist the extravagant overbidding of the Commission, often with the support of Parliament.

In 1984, under Ceauşescu's national communist leadership, literary critic Mircea Scarlat spoke of "illogical overbidding" in respect to Toma's encouragement during the 1950s.

And this may force American competitors for the company to overbid.

He overbid his hands and lost after some heavy bidding.

They can overbid opponents at the same level, and score higher.

Players who overbid lose the number of points they bid for that hand.

On the second hand, the players collectively overbid (14 of 12).

That is, every deal must in total be either overbid or underbid.

Then he tried to buy the craft to take out the diamond, but Tom overbid him.

Her hand is now worth only 24-she has overbid.

A player who does not want to overbid the previous bid may pass, but cannot come in again later.

"It must have been very important to them to pay this much, maybe overbidding by $100 million."

"If they overbid, we could possibly lose them as a customer.

With 1 and 2 complete you will not be one of those idiots overbidding on an auction site.

Otherwise a two mark bid is the maximum allowed except to overbid another.

Only then it becomes apparent if declarer has overbid or not.

Her partner, a handsome young man, has overbid and is ashamed of his dummy.

"Now, at least, they have one eye open and they are not going to overbid," she added.

We could have overbid at that point, but we thought the price was too high for us."

Experienced eBay shoppers, who would seem like the sophisticated ones, were, in fact, the most likely to overbid.

If companies overbid, they may have to fold tent and sell their licenses to someone else at a loss.

Sometimes, after initially walking the dog, you are eventually run ragged (forced to overbid).

The Americans overbid slightly, using a scientific auction that would have been barred for their opponents.

She was terribly overbid for such a minor improvement on warp field technology!

You know I was tricked into overbidding on that glass," she shouted.

"They advised us that that our offer had been overbid," he said.

"But he lost his nerve and once again overbid his hand.