[see BY- 3 c.] ‘A person at an auction who bids with the object of raising the prices’ Mrs. Toogood, Yorksh. Dial., 1863. So By-bidding.
1880. Libr. Univ. Knowl., III. 238. By-bidding, at auctions where the bidder may be employed by the owner, and really bidding to enhance the price, not meaning to purchase.
