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bid
Pronunciation: (bid), [key]
—v., bade or (Archaic) bad for 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 or bid for 3, 4, 7, 9, 10; bid•den or bid for 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 or bid for 3, 4, 7, 9; bid•ding;
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v.t.
1. to command; order; direct:
to bid them depart.
2. to express (a greeting, farewell, benediction, or wish):
to bid good night.
3. Com.to offer (a certain sum) as the price one will pay or charge:
They bid $25,000 and got the contract.
4. Cards.to enter a bid of (a given quantity or suit):
to bid two no-trump.
5. to summon by invitation; invite.
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v.i.
1. to command; order; direct:
I will do as you bid.
2. to make a bid:
She bid at the auction for the old chair.
3. bid fair. See
fair 1 (def. 23).
4. bid in, Com.to overbid all offers for (property) at an auction in order to retain ownership.
5. bid up, Com.to increase the market price of by increasing bids.
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n.
1. an act or instance of bidding.
2. Cards.
a. an offer to make a specified number of points or to take a specified number of tricks.
b. the amount of such an offer.
c. the turn of a person to bid.
3. an invitation:
a bid to join the club.
4. an attempt to attain some goal or purpose:
a bid for election.
5. Also called
bid price. Stock Exchange.the highest price a prospective buyer is willing to pay for a security at a given moment.
bid
Pronunciation: (bid), [key]—
v. Archaic.
pp. of
bide. B.I.D.
Bachelor of Industrial Design.
b.i.d.
(in prescriptions) twice a day.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
