Nuance Dictionary / Social Situations
입찰 ip-chal
The formal corporate or construction process of submitting sealed bids to win a large-scale project contract.
What does 입찰 mean?
입찰 (ip-chal) means: The formal corporate or construction process of submitting sealed bids to win a large-scale project contract.
Speakers use this term in commercial and official contexts when multiple interested parties submit written prices to buy goods or secure construction and corporate contracts. It appears frequently in announcements and formal procedures involving bids, tenders, and competitive pricing. It commonly combines with nouns like 가격, 경쟁, and 업체, and verbs like 공고하다, 실시하다, and 응하다.
This term carries a formal and strictly transactional weight, often signaling high-stakes financial competition and regulated corporate or government procedures.
This term carries a formal and strictly transactional weight, often signaling high-stakes financial competition and regulated corporate or government procedures.
How it's actually used
- 정부는 공공 건설 공사를 입찰에 붙이겠다고 발표했다.
jeong-bu-neun gong-gong geon-seol gong-sa-reul ip-chal-e but-i-get-da-go bal-pyo-hae-tta.
The government announced that it would put public construction projects up for bidding.
💡 Announcing a government procurement process - 세 기업이 입찰 경쟁에 뛰어들면서 누가 사업을 따낼 것인가에 사람들의 관심이 쏠렸다.
se gi-eob-i ip-chal gyeong-jaeng-e ttwieo-deul-myeon-seo nu-ga sa-eob-eul tta-nael geot-in-ga-e saram-deul-ui gwan-sim-i ssol-lyeot-da.
As three companies jumped into the bidding competition, people's attention focused on who would win the project.
💡 Describing corporate competition in a tender - 나는 몇 번이나 아파트 입찰에 나섰지만 번번이 낙찰을 받지 못했다.
na-neun myeot beo-ni-na a-pa-teu ip-chal-e na-seot-ji-man beon-beon-i nak-chal-eul bat-ji mot-haet-da.
I participated in apartment bids several times, but failed to win the successful bid every time.
💡 A personal attempt at property bidding
Related words in Social Situations
입에 침이 마르다 Ip-e chim-i ma-reu-da잘 먹었습니다 Jal meogeotseumnida잘 먹겠습니다 Jal meokgesseumnida적반하장 jeok-ban-ha-jang적당히 jeokdanghi