bid
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (6)bade, bidden, bidding, bids, bided, biding
- propose a payment“The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting”Synonyms: offertenderMore general propose, suggestMore specific subscribe, outbid, overbid, underbid, by-bidInvolves dicker, bargain
- invoke upon“wish you a nice evening”“bid farewell”Synonyms: wishMore general greet, recognizeMore specific congratulate, felicitate
- ask for or request earnestly“The prophet bid all people to become good persons”Synonyms: beseechentreatadjurepressconjureMore general plead
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands“He called his trump”Synonyms: callMore general playMore specific underbid, overbid, double, preempt, outbid, raise, outcall
- make a serious effort to attain something“His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population”More general seek
- ask someone in a friendly way to do somethingSynonyms: inviteMore general requestMore specific challenge, tempt
Noun (4)bids
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do somethingSynonyms: commandbiddingdictationType of speech actKinds order, commandment, behest, commission, injunction, open sesame, countermand
- an attempt to get something“they made a futile play for power”“he made a bid to gain attention”Synonyms: playType of attempt, effort
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified priceSynonyms: tenderType of offer, offeringKinds buyout bid, overbid
- (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to makeSynonyms: biddingType of statementKinds contract, takeout, preemptive bid, overbidPart of bridge
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Translations
Noun offer at an auction
Verb to make an offer, bid at auction
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS. biddian, Icel. biðja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray, ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. τειθειν to persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS. beódan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bjōða, Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G. bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. πυνθάνεσθαι 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 !” John Gay
4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow.— Alexander Pope
Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee.— Matt. xiv. 28
I was bid to pick up shells.— Douglas William 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. obsolete — To bid defiance to, to defy openly; to brave. — To bid fair, to offer a good prospect; to make fair promise; to seem likely.
Synonyms: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command; direct; charge; enjoin.
past tense & past participle of 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.
Origin: See Bid, transitive verb
1. To pray. obsolete Geoffrey Chaucer
2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54