Definition of Bid

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tender; offer, proposal
congratulate; offer a price; plead; summon, call
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liceor
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

of Bid
  

imp. & p. p. of Bid.
  
(v. t.)
To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known.
  
(v. t.)
To pray.
  
(v. t.)
To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
  
(v. t.)
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.
  
(v. t.)
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).
  
(v. t.)
To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.
  
(v. t.)
To invite; to call in; to request to come.
  
(n.)
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.
  
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bid
\bid\ (b&ibreve;d), v. t. [imp. bade (băd), bid, (obs.) bad; p. p. bidden (&?;), bid; p. pr. & vb. n. bidding.] [oe. bidden, prop to ask, beg, as. biddan; akin to os. biddian, icel. bi?ja, ohg. bittan, g. bitten, to pray, ask, request, and e. bead, also perh. to gr. teiqein to persuade, l. fidere to trust, e. faith, and bide. but this word was early confused with oe. beden, beoden, as. be?dan, to offer, command; akin to icel. bjō?a, goth. biudan (in comp.), ohg. biotan to command, bid, g. bieten, d. bieden, to offer, also to gr. pynqa`nesqai to learn by inquiry, skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present oslav. budēti to be awake, e. bode, v. the word now has the form of oe. bidden to ask, but the meaning of oe. beden to command, except in "to bid beads." ?30.]
1. 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).
2. 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. neither bid him god speed. --2. john 10. he bids defiance to the gaping crowd. --granrille.
3. to proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [mostly obs.] "our banns thrice bid !"
4. to order; to direct; to enjoin; to command. that power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. xiv. 28 i was bid to pick up shells. jerrold.
5. to invite; to call in; to request to come. as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. xxii. 9


  similar words(10) 



 to bid welcome 
 slo-bid 
 bid hook 
 to bid defiance to 
 straw bid 
 to bid defiance 
 to bid fair 
 to bid beads 
 takeover bid 
 two-tier bid 
Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
tairiscint, achainigh, impigh
English Phonetics

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JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Bid = v. let it be, be it; n. a quickset hedge
Gwahoddi = v. to invite, to bid
Peri = n. a causation, a cause, v. to cause; to bid
Peru = v. to cause; to effect; to bid
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
(synonym) command, bidding, dictation
(hypernym) speech act
(hyponym) countermand
(derivation) beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
2. an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention"
(synonym) play
(hypernym) attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
3. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
(synonym) tender
(hypernym) offer, offering
(hyponym) overbid
4. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
(synonym) bidding
(hypernym) statement
(hyponym) contract, declaration
(part-holonym) bridge
(derivation) call
(classification) bridge

Verb
1. propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
(synonym) offer, tender
(hyponym) by-bid
(entail) dicker, bargain
(derivation) tender
(classification) auction, auction sale, vendue
2. invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell"
(synonym) wish
(hypernym) greet, recognize, recognise
(hyponym) congratulate, felicitate
3. ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
(synonym) beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
(hypernym) plead
(derivation) command, bidding, dictation
4. make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump"
(synonym) call
(hypernym) play
(hyponym) raise
(derivation) bidding
(classification) card game, cards
5. make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"
(hypernym) seek
(derivation) tender
6. ask someone in a friendly way to do something
(synonym) invite
(hypernym) request
(hyponym) tempt, allure
(derivation) bidding, summons
Bid Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
BASSAM Trade, Real Estate, Mortgage, Fund,Invest, Insurance,& Tax,Terms/abbreviations/defin.
A legal offer to an asset/property at an auction.
An offer to pay a specific price for a security. Also known as a firm bid. When a trader makes a bid on a bond, he is obligated to honor that bid, although the owner is not obligated to sell. (There are rules of protocol that establish how long a trader is obligated to honor a bid.) See also Offer and Workable.
The highest price a buyer is willing to pay for a security at this time.

Dictionary of Real Estate Terms
An offer.
A Guide to Futures and Options Market Terminology : English-English
The request to buy a futures contract at a specified price; the opposite of offer.
Company Info: Ticker, Name, Description
SOTHEBYS HOLDINGS INC
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Bid Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Glossary of Fraternity Terminology
When the pledge period begins, a Greek organization gives a piece of paper, called a bid, to those individuals which it wants as members. This paper is an invitation to attend bid night, the official start of pledging. "John got a bid from TKE and Rusty got a bid from Zeta Nu."
Zeta Nu Fraternity Inc.
Bid Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
ETSI and 3GPP
Binding Identity
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Binding IDentity
Bid Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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BidMaker 2002 File (software to aid in making bids on jobs)
Glossary of the European Information Society
Banco Interamericano de Desarollo
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Bid Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Bid may refer to:
  • Bidding, making a price offer in an auction, stock exchange, or card games
  • Bid (TV channel), a British home shopping channel
  • Bid price, a price offered for a good by a potential buyer or a price offered by a potential vendor to perform a specific job
  • Bid, a formal invitation to join a fraternity or sorority
  • Bid, South Khorasan, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran
  • Beed, a town in Maharashtra, India is sometimes referred to as Bid
  • Bid, lead singer and songwriter of the band The Monochrome Set
  • In a financial market, the price a market maker will buy a commodity at (see Bid-offer spread)

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