What does BID mean?

Definitions for BID
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word BID.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. command, bid, bidding, dictationnoun

    an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

  2. bid, playnoun

    an attempt to get something

    "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention"

  3. bid, tendernoun

    a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

  4. bid, biddingverb

    (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

  5. offer, bid, tenderverb

    propose a payment

    "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"

  6. wish, bidverb

    invoke upon

    "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell"

  7. bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjureverb

    ask for or request earnestly

    "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"

  8. bid, callverb

    make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands

    "He called his trump"

  9. bidverb

    make a serious effort to attain something

    "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"

  10. invite, bidverb

    ask someone in a friendly way to do something

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To BIDverb

    pret. I bid, bad, bade, I have bid, or bidden.

    Etymology: biddan , Saxon.

    I am bid forth to supper, Jessica;
    There are my keys. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

    Go ye into the highways, and, as many as you shall find, bid to the marriage. Matt. xxii. 9.

    We ought, when we are bidden to great feasts and meetings, to be prepared beforehand. George Hakewill, on Providence.

    Saint Withold footed thrice the wold,
    He met the nightmare, and her name told,
    Bid her alight, and her troth plight. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    He chid the sisters,
    When first they put the name of king upon me,
    And bade them speak to him. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Haste to the house of sleep, and bid the god,
    Who rules the nightly visions with a nod,
    Prepare a dream. John Dryden, Fables.

    Curse on the tongue that bids this general joy.
    —— Can they be friends of Antony, who revel
    When Antony’s in danger? John Dryden, All for Love.

    Thames heard the numbers, as he flow’d along,
    And bade his willows learn the moving song. Alexander Pope.

    Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come when they are called, and depart when they are bidden. Isaac Watts, Logick.

    Come, and be true. ——
    —— Thou bidst me to my loss: for true to thee,
    Were to prove false. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

    When a man is resolute to keep his sins while he lives, and yet unwilling to relinquish all hope, he will embrace that profession, which bids fairest to the reconciling those so distant interests. Decay of Piety.

    As when the goddesses came down of old,
    With gifts, their young Dardanian judge they try’d,
    And each bade high to win him to their side. George Granville.

    To give interest a share in friendship, is to sell it by inch of candle; he that bids most shall have it: and when it is mercenary, there is no depending on it. Jeremy Collier, on Friendship.

    Our bans thrice bid! and for our wedding day
    My kerchief bought! then press’d, then forc’d away. John Gay, What d’ye call it.

    You are retir’d,
    As if you were a feasted one, and not
    The hostess of the meeting; pray you, bid
    These unknown friends to’s welcome. William Shakespeare, Wint. Tale.

    Divers of them, as we passed by them, put their arms a little abroad; which is their gesture, when they bid any welcome. Francis Bacon, New Atlantis.

    How, Didius, shall a Roman, sore repuls’d,
    Greet your arrival to this distant isle?
    How bid you welcome to these shatter’d legions? Ambrose Philips.

    Thyself and Oxford, with five thousand men,
    Shall cross the seas, and bid false Edward battle. William Shakespeare, Henry VI. p.

    She bid war to all that durst supply
    The place of those her cruelty made die. Edmund Waller.

    The captive cannibal, opprest with chains,
    Yet braves his foes, reviles, provokes, disdains;
    Of nature fierce, untameable, and proud,
    He bids defiance to the gaping croud,
    And spent at last, and speechless as he lies,
    With fiery glances mocks their rage, and dies. George Granville.

    If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed. 2 John, 10.

    When they desired him to tarry longer with them, he consented not, but bade them farewel. Acts, xviii. 21.

    By some haycock, or some shady thorn,
    He bids his beads both even song and morn. John Dryden, W. of B.

ChatGPT

  1. bid

    A bid refers to an offer or proposal indicating a willingness to buy a product, service or asset at a specific price. This term is most commonly used in business transactions, such as auctions, stock/share market, project contracts, or online purchasing. The value or amount put forth in a bid usually represents the highest amount that a buyer is willing to pay for the said item.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bid

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  2. Bid

    of Bid

  3. Bidverb

    to make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be done under a contract)

  4. Bidverb

    to offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc

  5. Bidverb

    to proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known

  6. Bidverb

    to order; to direct; to enjoin; to command

  7. Bidverb

    to invite; to call in; to request to come

  8. Bid

    imp. & p. p. of Bid

  9. Bidnoun

    an offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a sum which one will give for something to be received, or will take for something to be done or furnished; that which is offered

  10. Bidverb

    to pray

  11. Bidverb

    to make a bid; to state what one will pay or take

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Bid

    bid, v.t. to offer: to propose: to proclaim, as the banns of marriage: to invite: to command: to make an offer, and to increase the amount offered for a thing—at an auction:—pr.p. bid′ding; pa.t. bid or bade; pa.p. bid, bid′den.—n. an offer of a price.—ns. Bid′der, one who bids or offers a price; Bid′ding, offer: invitation: command; Bid′ding-pray′er, a form of prayer directed to be used before all sermons, lectures, and homilies preached apart from the daily service or holy communion—as university sermons, so called because in it the preacher is directed to bid or exhort the people to pray for certain specified objects.—To bid fair, to seem likely. [A.S. béodan; Goth. biudan, Ger. bieten, to offer.]

  2. Bid

    bid, v.t. to ask for: (nearly obs.): to pray. [A.S. biddan; Goth. bidjan; Ger. bitten; the connection with Bid, to command, is dub. See Bead.]

Rap Dictionary

  1. bidnoun

    5-10 years in jail. I won't be happy til my last nigga finish his bid all on the top. -- Styles P. (Who Do You Expect) My man INF left a Tech and a 9 at my crib/Turned himself in, he had to do a bid. -- The Notorious B.I.G. (Gimme The Loot) "Got set up for a 8 year bid" Grand Master Flash ((Love is) The Message)

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'BID' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3305

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'BID' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2783

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'BID' in Nouns Frequency: #1198

  4. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'BID' in Verbs Frequency: #881

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of BID in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of BID in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of BID in a Sentence

  1. Fedor Radmann:

    The bid committee never bribed anyone, i am prepared to say that under oath. We bought no vote.

  2. Michael WirthNow:

    We never got into a war. The other party( Occidental) actually bid against themselves multiple times, the war wasn't with us. It was within.

  3. Chief Executive Aengus Kelly:

    I'm sure we will buy, but we have to make a fair return on it. I can buy the plane in the market, no problem, we're always talking and I'm sure we'll reach terms. There's always a bid in: whether they (Boeing) like it or not is another matter.

  4. Adrian Emch:

    Companies making a joint tender bid have faced serious difficulties: if they sought antitrust approval, incorporation of the JV could be delayed and the opportunity might be gone by the time approval came, an alternative would be not to file, but this might breach the law. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

  5. Olga Chernova:

    We thought, ‘Why don’t we just build in a mechanism where the securities could be refinanced via an auction and people could bid, like in a BWIC, and if the clearing level is tighter, the coupon gets reset,’.

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Translations for BID

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

  • عرض, عطاءArabic
  • оферта, каня, анонсирам, моля, предлагам цена, заповядвамBulgarian
  • žádatCzech
  • budDanish
  • reizen, bieten, Gebot, meldenGerman
  • προσφοράGreek
  • ofertoEsperanto
  • licitaciónSpanish
  • دو زن داریPersian
  • tarjous, toivottaa, kutsua, tarjota, pyytää, tehdä tarjous, käskeäFinnish
  • enchère, soumissionner, faire une enchèreFrench
  • बोलीHindi
  • megparancsol, meghív, elrendelHungarian
  • հայտ, [[գնի]] [[առաջարկ]]Armenian
  • fare un'offerta per un'asta, offertaItalian
  • 付け値, [[値]][[を]][[つける]], 入札Japanese
  • pitiMāori
  • gebieden, bieden, bidden, bod, gelasten, uitnodigenDutch
  • budNorwegian Nynorsk
  • budNorwegian
  • mandar, ordenar, licitaçãoPortuguese
  • [[предлага́ть]] [[цена, пригласи́ть, предлагаемая цена, ставка, прика́зывать, заявка, приглаша́ть, приказа́ть, [[предложи́ть]] [[ценаRussian
  • ponudaSerbo-Croatian
  • ponúdbaSlovene
  • bjuda in, bjuda, budSwedish
  • ประมูลThai
  • нака́зувати, наказа́тиUkrainian
  • trả giá, đặt giáVietnamese
  • 出價Chinese

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