bid
1 Americanverb (used with object)
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to command; order; direct.
to bid them depart.
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to express (a greeting, farewell, benediction, or wish).
to bid good night.
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Commerce. to offer (a certain sum) as the price one will pay or charge.
They bid $25,000 and got the contract.
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Cards. to enter a bid of (a given quantity or suit).
to bid two no-trump.
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to summon by invitation; invite.
verb (used without object)
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to command; order; direct.
I will do as you bid.
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to make a bid.
She bid at the auction for the old chair.
noun
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an act or instance of bidding.
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Cards.
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an offer to make a specified number of points or to take a specified number of tricks.
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the amount of such an offer.
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the turn of a person to bid.
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an invitation.
a bid to join the club.
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an attempt to attain some goal or purpose.
a bid for election.
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Also called bid price. Stock Exchange. the highest price a prospective buyer is willing to pay for a security at a given moment.
verb phrase
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bid up to increase the market price of by increasing bids.
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bid in to overbid all offers for (property) at an auction in order to retain ownership.
idioms
verb
abbreviation
abbreviation
verb
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to offer (an amount) in attempting to buy something, esp in competition with others as at an auction
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commerce to respond to an offer by a seller by stating (the more favourable terms) on which one is willing to make a purchase
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(tr) to say (a greeting, blessing, etc)
to bid farewell
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to order; command
do as you are bid!
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to attempt to attain power, etc
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(tr) to invite; ask kindly
she bade him sit down
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bridge to declare in the auction before play how many tricks one expects to make
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to resist boldly
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to seem probable
noun
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an offer of a specified amount, as at an auction
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the price offered
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commerce
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a statement by a buyer, in response to an offer by a seller, of the more favourable terms that would be acceptable
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the price or other terms so stated
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an attempt, esp an attempt to attain power
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bridge
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the number of tricks a player undertakes to make
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a player's turn to make a bid
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short for bid price
abbreviation
Other Word Forms
- bidder noun
Etymology
Origin of bid1
before 900; Middle English bidden, Old English biddan to beg, ask; cognate with Old Frisian bidda, Old Saxon biddian, Old High German bittan ( German bitten ), Old Norse bithja, Gothic bidjan; all < Germanic *bid-ja- (< Indo-European *bhidh- ) command, akin to Greek peíthein to persuade, inspire with trust, English bide
Origin of b.i.d.3
From Latin bis in diē
Example Sentences
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In the men's draw, Italy's two-time defending champion Jannik Sinner gets his bid under way against French world number 94 Hugo Gaston.
From BBC
A shriek broke the dawn on the savannah, followed by more screeches and the rustle of branches: The wild Fongoli chimps were bidding each other good morning in the dry, scraggly Sahel.
From Barron's
In a bid to escape poverty, Soumah said she had travelled across Africa to get to Belarus, hoping to get to the EU.
From Barron's
In a bid to allay fears, the European Commission announced a crisis fund and safeguards allowing for the suspension of preferential tariffs in case of a damaging surge in imports.
From Barron's
Manchester also has designs on a World Cup Final in 2035 and is rumoured to be mulling an Olympic bid.
From BBC
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