Dictionary entry

Unparliamentary language

Pronunciation: /ˌʌnpɑːləˈmɛnt(ə)ri/

Pronunciation

/ˌʌnpɑːləˈmɛnt(ə)ri/

Myanmar Meaning

ကျမ်းကျိန်မှု၊ ဆဲရေးမှု။

Definition

underbid / ʌndǝ'bÇd / v ( -dd- ; pt, pp underbid ) (ေလလံဆြဲရာ၊ ေဈးၿပိဳင္ေပးသြင္းရာ၌) ေအာက္ေဈးေပးသည္။

Examples

  1. ‘We can be underbid by smaller contractors on little jobs.’
  2. ‘Their whole business model is about bringing in inexpensive foreign labor so they can underbid their rivals.’
  3. ‘He's talking about American workers being underbid in the global labor market.’
  4. ‘The question
  5. of course
  6. is whether the cost overruns stem from unforeseen problems that crop up over the course of a project or whether projects are routinely underbid.’
  7. ‘Apparently
  8. the roofing contractor had underbid the project and was saving money by leaving gaps between the insulation boards
  9. thus reducing the amount of material that had to be purchased.’
  10. ‘Many framers often find themselves underbidding themselves to keep a piece of work in the shop for framing.’
  11. ‘They'll help reveal
  12. early on
  13. any underbidding mistakes you've made - preferably before the cash-flow crunch and the red ink.’
  14. ‘To get their initial clients
  15. they had to underbid and offer lower prices.’
  16. ‘They manage to provide a certain product range at a competitive price - so competitive that individual local traders find impossible to underbid.’
  17. ‘Companies in the market for consultants can now use Web exchanges to post REPs (request for proposals) and then sit back while the contenders prepare responses and underbid one another.’
  18. ‘The contractor had significantly underbid the job.’
  19. ‘The audience roared because they thought I underbid.’
  20. ‘In order to make their bid more attractive the new contractors must underbid each other.’
  21. ‘Small manufacturers tend to be terrified of losing an order
  22. so they dramatically underbid.’
  23. ‘We hereby assume that he only sells his coats for the same price as his competitors
  24. and does not take advantage of these economies to underbid them.’
  25. ‘This worsens the trade deficit and helps these companies underbid rivals.’
  26. ‘They underbid
  27. over-promised and they didn't deliver.’
  28. ‘Companies with poor safety records may be able to underbid companies that invest in safety but only in the short term.’
  29. ‘Framers
  30. she said
  31. often will start underbidding themselves by immediately suggesting other options to make the job less expensive.’
  32. ‘‘Desperate contractors will underbid labor
  33. safety and management costs just to keep their crews busy
  34. ’ he says.’