• to bid more than sy, to offer more than sy, to outbid sy, to overbid sy
• assurance, engagement, faith, pledge, promise, resolution, undertaking, word
• hopeful, of great promise, promising
• to break a resolution, to break an engagement
• to beguile sy with promises
• to beguile sy with promises
• fair words butter no parsnips, fine words butter no parsnips, soft words butter no parsnips
• to nail sy down to sy's promise
• highest bidder, purchaser