It will be noted that the number of proposals exceeds the number of bidders which may be explained by the fact that on paving workbidders have made proposals on more than one type of pavement.
On the other hand, each contractor has his "beat", from which all other bidders have religiously kept off.
When I looked this property over I said to myself, the bidders will tumble over themselves to secure this fine property'; and I have not been disappointed.
It was a matter of professional dignity with Mr. Barnabas Beers, auctioneer, not to be on too friendly terms with bidders before an auction.
At White Hall we met at the Treasury chamber, and there before the Lords did debate our draft of the victualling contract with the several bidders for it, which were Sir D.
At this intelligence the countenances of the bidders fell.
The secrecy with which the contracts were handled did not give the bidders a fair opportunity, and was, I believe, an injustice to the thousands of stockholders of the exposition.
We waited there until 4 o'clock when Mr. Taylor's secretary came into the room and requested all the bidders to go into the room where the salvage committee was in session.
Albrecht, of St. Louis, immediately arose and stated that he wanted the bids opened in the presence of the bidders present, as he wanted everything to be open and above board.
If a list of all the property to be disposed of had been furnished the bidders much higher bids would have been made.
Mr. Francis asked the other bidders present what they desired as to the manner of handling the bids, and they all stated that the bids should be opened in public and not in private.
On November 10, at the hour called for the opening of the bids, I was present and appeared with other bidders before the committee on salvage.
Mr. Schmitt and I then went into an anteroom, where the other bidders were gathered.
I have been a bidder at many sales of both Government and city, property, and the method employed at such sales provided for the opening of bids in public in the presence of such bidders as desired to be present.
Bidders have the right to rely on such terms and the principal is bound by them.
If bidders fraudulently combine not to bid against each other, for the purpose of obtaining the goods at a cheap price, no title passes to the highest bidder, by reason of the fraud.
If an owner advertises the terms of the sale, bidders are deemed to have notice of these terms.
The price will depend upon the number of bidders and the size of their pocketbooks.
It has two receipts by persons whose names are among the bidders for money received from Millington for various books.
It was plain that the bidders had shared the insurance folks' general feeling of pessimism--she had been knocked down for two thousand five hundred dollars.
If a landlord distrain for rent, he can find no bidders for the crops or cattle; how much more difficult will it be for him to obtain bidders for land?
Johann Schoepf observed a prompt consummation of the sort when a cooper being auctioned continually called to the bidders that whoever should buy him must buy his son also, an injunction to which his purchaser duly conformed.
Both hardness of heart and shortness of sight would have been involved in the neglect of so ready a means of promoting the workman's equanimity; and the good nature of the competing bidders doubtless made the second purchase easy.
You name the day, git th’ bidders t’gether an’ I’ll auction ye off.
In order to attract bidders she would be forced to advertise her plans.
Indeed, it was doubtful whether there would be bidders from either side.
It is at present, I believe, at the discretion of the auctioneer to postpone a sale, when the company is too small to promise a satisfactory result, yet I have known one carried out when not more than two influential bidders were present.
The direct association was dissolved when the lots were adjudged to the highest bidders, and here the highest bidders were high indeed.
The "coverage ratio," which measures how many more bidders there are than necessary, had plummeted from 2.
I indicated one of the ottomans along the side of the room, now clearing as bidders rose to go inside.
He says he is writing to all the many bidders on that court-house to let 'em know the final decision on the bids.
After all, there may be a hundred bids sent in, and some of the bidders may have all sorts of political pulls.
Just then, however, one of the recentbidders came up to ask some question about a purchase which required that Bart consult the record book.
It seemed of particular importance on expensive items, such as large farm machinery, that thebidders maintain secrecy.
They don't want the other bidders to know who their competition is," explained the colonel to Jim.
During the first few sales he jerked his head back and forth frantically trying to locate the various bidders but he seldom saw more than half of them.
Herodotus describes a custom which prevailed in Babylonian villages of disposing of the maidens in marriage by delivering them to the highest bidders in an assembly annually held for the purpose (Book i.
Lord Eldon speaks of "candlestick biddings," where the several bidders did not know what the others had offered.
All that will be necessary, then, is for the old biddersto combine.
Certainly the bidders did not feel like trusting the secret of their bids to the postmaster who certified to the sureties.
You will all admit they had to make the bids, and if they were the lowest bidders it was the duty of the Government to accept the bids and afterwards to make the contracts in accordance with them.
If the bidders upon any of these routes did not want the whole world to know the amount they had bid, that secrecy was tortured into evidence of a criminal conspiracy.
Yes, I poured into her hands the full amount the bidders had given me in return for all my beautiful kimonos, gowns, waists and underwear.
According to them, you either set your own price and the bidders' contest simply went on to see which would be the first, or you offered the object after the approved auction custom and the bidders ran up the price as high as it would go.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bidders" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
