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Meaning of BID

Pronunciation:  bid

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention"
  2. [n]  (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
  3. [n]  a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
  4. [n]  an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
  5. [v]  ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
  6. [v]  ask someone in a friendly way to do something
  7. [v]  invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell"
  8. [v]  make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"
  9. [v]  propose a payment; as at sales or auctions; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
  10. [v]  make a demand in card games, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump"
 
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 Synonyms: adjure, beseech, bidding, call, command, conjure, dictation, entreat, invite, offer, play, press, tender, tender, wish
 
 See Also: allure, attempt, bargain, behest, bridge, buyout bid, by-bid, challenge, charge, commandment, commission, congratulate, contract, declaration, dicker, direction, effort, endeavor, endeavour, felicitate, greet, injunction, offer, offering, open sesame, order, outbid, outcall, overbid, overbid, overcall, play, plead, preempt, preemptive bid, raise, recognise, recognize, request, seek, speech act, subscribe, takeout, tempt, try, underbid

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Bid\ (b[i^]d), v. t. [imp. {Bade} (b[a^]d), {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[eth]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['o]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[=o][eth]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. bud[=e]ti 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.'' [root]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 !'' --Gay.
    4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
             That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope
             Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt.
                                                   xiv. 28
             I was bid to pick up shells.          --D. Jerrold.
    5. To invite; to call in; to request to come.
             As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
                                                   --Matt. xxii.
                                                   9
    {To bid beads}, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics;
       to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.]
    {To bid defiance to}, to defy openly; to brave.
    {To bid fair}, to offer a good prospect; to make fair
       promise; to seem likely.
    Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command;
         direct; charge; enjoin.
    
  2. \Bid\,
    imp. & p. p. of {Bid}.
    
  3. \Bid\, 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.
    
  4. \Bid\, v. i. [See {Bid}, v. t.]
    1. To pray. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
    2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.
    
 
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