BID OFF
\bˈɪd ˈɒf], \bˈɪd ˈɒf], \b_ˈɪ_d ˈɒ_f]\
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One is said to "bid off" a thing when he bids for it at an auction sale, and it is knocked down to him in immediate succession to the bid and as a consequence of it. Eppes v. Railroad Co., 35 Ala. 56: Doudna v. Harlan, 45 Kan. 484, 25 Pac. 883.
By Henry Campbell Black
