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Definition of 'Bid'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) bid
to command; order; direct:
to bid them depart.

2.  bid
to say as a greeting, wish, etc.:
to bid good night.

3.  bid
to offer (a certain sum) as the price one will charge or pay:
They bid $25,000 and got the contract.

4.  bid
to enter a bid of (a given quantity or suit at cards).

5.  bid
to offer or declare:
to bid defiance.

6.  bid
to invite.

7. (v.i.) bid
to command; order; direct:
Do as I bid.

8.  bid
to make a bid.

9.  bid
bid up, to increase the market price of by increasing bids.

10. (n.) bid
an act or instance of bidding.

11.  bid
an offer to make a specified number of points or to take a specified number of card tricks.

12.  bid
the amount of such an offer.

13.  bid
the turn of a person to bid.

14.  bid
an invitation:
a bid to join a club.

15.  bid
an attempt to attain some goal or purpose.

16.  bid
the highest price a prospective buyer is willing to pay for a security during a trading period.

17.  bid
bid fair, to seem likely.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME bidden, OE biddan to beg)

Definition of 'Bid'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) command, bid, bidding, dictation
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

2. (noun) bid, play
an attempt to get something
"they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention"

3. (noun) bid, tender
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

4. (verb) bid, bidding
(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

5. (verb) offer, bid, tender
propose a payment
"The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"

6. (verb) wish, bid
invoke upon
"wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell"

7. (verb) bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
ask for or request earnestly
"The prophet bid all people to become good persons"

8. (verb) bid, call
make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
"He called his trump"

9. (verb) bid
make a serious effort to attain something
"His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"

10. (verb) invite, bid
ask someone in a friendly way to do something

Definition of 'Bid'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) bid
to make an offer of an amount of money
to bid $3,000 for a painting; bidding at an auction

2.  bid
to make an official offer to do a job
Both contractors bid for the job.

3. (noun) bid
an offer of an amount of money
a bid of $2 million

4.  bid
an official offer to do a job
competing bids for the construction work

5.  bid
an attempt to do sth difficult
Residents joined together in a bid to stop gun crime in the area.

Definition of 'Bid'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Bid
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

2.  Bid
of Bid

3.  Bid
of Bid

4.  Bid
imp. & p. p. of Bid

5. (verb) Bid
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)

6. (verb) Bid
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

7. (verb) Bid
to proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known

8. (verb) Bid
to order; to direct; to enjoin; to command

9. (verb) Bid
to invite; to call in; to request to come

10. (verb) Bid
to pray

11. (verb) Bid
to make a bid; to state what one will pay or take

Translation of 'Bid'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: – past tense, past participle bid – to offer (an amount of money) at an auction John bid ($1,000) for the painting.
Afrikaans: bie	Arabic: يَعْرِضُ سِعْرا (في مُزاي	Bulgarian: предлагам
Brazilian: oferecer	Czech: nabídnout (cenu)	German: bieten
Danish: byde	Greek: προσφέρω (χρηματικό ποσό)	Spanish: pujar, hacer una oferta
Estonian: pakkuma	Farsi: پیشنهاد دادن؛	Finnish: antaa tarjous huutokaupas
French: faire une enchère (de)	Hebrew: לְהַצִיע מְחִיר	Hindi: बोली बोलना
Croatian: nuditi na dražbi	Hungarian: licitál	Indonesian: menawar dalam pelelangan
Icelandic: bjóða (í)	Italian: offrire, fare un'offerta	Japanese: 値をつける
Korean: 입찰하다	Lithuanian: siūlyti kainą	Latvian: solīt (cenu)
Malay: bida	Dutch: bieden	Norwegian: by
Polish: licytować	Persian: پیشنهاد دادن؛	Pashto: بیه کیدل
Portuguese: oferecer	Romanian: a oferi (la o licitaţie)	Russian: предлагать цену
Slovak: ponúknuť (v dražbe)	Slovenian: ponuditi (na dražbi)	Serbian: licitirati
Swedish: bjuda	Thai: ประมูล	Turkish: fiyat teklif etmek, fiyat
Taiwanese: 出價	Ukrainian: пропонувати ціну	Urdu: بولی لگانا
Vietnamese: đấu giá	Chinese: 出价
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