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bid
(bĭd)v. bade (băd, bād) or bid, bid·den (bĭd′n) or bid, bid·ding, bids
v.tr.
1. past tense and past participle bid
a. To offer or propose (an amount) as a price.
b. To auction (a contract): The city will bid the project next summer.
c. To offer (someone) membership, as in a group or club: "glancing around to be sure that he had been bid by a society that he wanted" (Louis Auchincloss).
d. Games To state one's intention to take (tricks of a certain number or suit in cards): bid four hearts.
2. To utter (a greeting or salutation): I bid you farewell.
3. To issue a command to; direct: "Lee ... bid the captain sit beside him and report" (Stephen W. Sears).
4. To invite to attend; summon: The host bid the guests come to dinner.
v.intr. past tense and past participle bid
1. To make an offer to pay or accept a specified price: decided not to bid on the roll-top desk.
2. To seek to win or attain something; strive.
n.
Phrasal Verbs: 1.
a. An offer to pay a certain amount of money for something: made a bid on the antique desk.
b. The amount offered or proposed: The highest bid at the auction was $5,000.
2. An invitation, especially one offering membership in a group or club.
3. An earnest effort to win or attain something: a team in a bid to win the championship; a candidate who made a bid for the presidency.
4. Games
a. The act of bidding in cards.
b. The number of tricks or points declared.
c. The trump or no-trump declared.
d. The turn of a player to bid.
bid in
To outbid on one's own property at an auction in order to raise the final selling price.
bid out
To offer (work) for bids from outside contractors.
bid up
Idioms: To cause (a price) to rise by increasing the amount bid: bid up the price of wheat.
bid defiance
To refuse to submit; offer resistance to.
bid fair
To appear likely.
[Middle English bidden, to ask, command (from Old English biddan; see gwhedh- in Indo-European roots) and Middle English beden, to offer, proclaim (from Old English bēodan; see bheudh- in Indo-European roots).]
bid′der n.
BID
abbr.
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Noun | 1. | bidder - someone who makes an offer |
2. | bidder - someone who makes a bid at cards bridge player, hand - a card player in a game of bridge; "we need a 4th hand for bridge" preemptor, pre-emptor - a bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid |
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Translations
مُحاوَله، دَعْوَه
dražitelnabízející
byder
ajánlattevõárverezõlicitáló
tilboîsgjafi; bjóîandi
teklif veren
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bidder
[ˈbɪdər] n (at auction) → enchérisseur mthe highest bidder → le plus offrant
the successful bidder → l'adjudicataire
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bidder
n → Bietende(r) mf, → Steigerer m; to sell to the highest bidder → an den Höchst- or Meistbietenden verkaufen; there were no bidders → niemand hat geboten or ein Gebot gemacht
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bidder
[ˈbɪdəʳ] n → offerente m/f (Cards) → chi fa la dichiarazionethe highest bidder → il/la miglior offerente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bid
(bid) verb1. – past tense, past participle bid – to offer (an amount of money) at an auction. John bid ($1,000) for the painting.
2. (with for) – past tense, past participle bid – to state a price (for a contract). My firm is bidding for the contract for the new road.
3. – past tense bade (bӕd) , past participle ˈbidden – to tell (someone) to (do something). He bade me enter.
4. – past tense bade (bӕd) , past participle ˈbidden – to express a greeting etc (to someone). He bade me farewell.
noun1. an offer of a price. a bid of $20.
2. an attempt (to obtain). a bid for freedom.
ˈbidder nounˈbidding noun
ˈbiddable adjective
obedient. a biddable child.
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