0 the situation in which two or more companies or people compete against each other in order to buy something:
1 a situation in which several companies bid against each other to buy something, by each offering higher prices:
Turnover would create economic disruption, lack of discipline, and cause a bidding war on labor and thus escalate wages.
She eventually accepted after a bidding war that doubled her salary, becoming the magazine's first creative director, a position with vaguely defined responsibilities.
Cronin listed the property at $159,900 but said a bidding war drove up the price.
Marley became the subject of a bidding war.
Perkin had won a bidding war for the information, setting aside his normal opposition to buying stories because he felt the story was one of overwhelming importance.
It is in no one's interest to have an auction or bidding war.
There has not been a bidding war.
A public bidding war ensued.
