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bid
1[ bid ]
verb (used with object)
- to command; order; direct:
to bid them depart.
Synonyms: , ,
- to express (a greeting, farewell, benediction, or wish):
to bid good night.
- Commerce. to offer (a certain sum) as the price one will pay or charge:
They bid $25,000 and got the contract.
Synonyms: , ,
- Cards. to enter a bid of (a given quantity or suit):
to bid two no-trump.
- to summon by invitation; invite.
verb (used without object)
- to command; order; direct:
I will do as you bid.
- to make a bid:
She bid at the auction for the old chair.
noun
- an act or instance of bidding.
Synonyms: , ,
- Cards.
- an offer to make a specified number of points or to take a specified number of tricks.
- the amount of such an offer.
- the turn of a person to bid.
- an invitation:
a bid to join the club.
- an attempt to attain some goal or purpose:
a bid for election.
- 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
- Commerce. to increase the market price of by increasing bids.
- Commerce. to overbid all offers for (property) at an auction in order to retain ownership.
bid
2[ bid ]
verb
- past participle of bide.
b.i.d.
3abbreviation for
- (in prescriptions) twice a day.
B.I.D.
4abbreviation for
- Bachelor of Industrial Design.
b.i.d.
1abbreviation for
- bis in die
bid
2/ ɪ /
verb
- often foll byfor or against to offer (an amount) in attempting to buy something, esp in competition with others as at an auction
- commerce to respond to an offer by a seller by stating (the more favourable terms) on which one is willing to make a purchase
- tr to say (a greeting, blessing, etc)
to bid farewell
- to order; command
do as you are bid!
- intrusually foll byfor to attempt to attain power, etc
- tr to invite; ask kindly
she bade him sit down
- bridge to declare in the auction before play how many tricks one expects to make
- bid defianceto resist boldly
- bid fairto seem probable
noun
- an offer of a specified amount, as at an auction
- the price offered
- commerce
- a statement by a buyer, in response to an offer by a seller, of the more favourable terms that would be acceptable
- the price or other terms so stated
- an attempt, esp an attempt to attain power
- bridge
- the number of tricks a player undertakes to make
- a player's turn to make a bid
- short for bid price
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- · noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bid1
Origin of bid2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bid1
Origin of bid2
Idioms and Phrases
- bid fair. fair 1( def 29 ).
Example Sentences
Trump has introduced tariffs in a bid to bring manufacturing back to US shores.
The Democrat from Virginia became a figurehead for the recalcitrant and aging wing of the party after leadership boosted his bid to serve as the party leader on the House Oversight Committee.
After succeeding Hepher as head coach, Hunter vowed to "rip up" all areas of Exeter's game in a bid to improve their results.
Suryavanshi became the youngest player to be signed by an IPL team when he was picked up at the auction after a bidding war last year.
Rivals Everton play away on the final day of the season, a week after bidding an emotional farewell to their Goodison Park home.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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