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Offer more in order to take the lot? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

overbid

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'offer more in order to take the lot?' is the definition.
(cryptic definition)

'offer more in order to take' is the wordplay.
'offer more in' becomes 'ove' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'order' becomes 'bid' (I've seen this before).
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'take' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for 'recipe', Latin for 'take').
'bid' after 'r' is 'rbid'.
'ove'+'rbid'='OVERBID'

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(Other definitions for overbid that I've seen before include "Higher auction offer" , "Contractor's mistake" , "offered too much" , "offer too much" , "Make rash offer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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