|
| bid [ bid ] |
verb (past bade [ bad, bayd ] or bid, past participle bid·den [ bídd'n ] or bid or bade, present participle bid·ding, 3rd person present singular bids) |
|
| Definition: |
| |
1. (past and past participle bid) transitive and intransitive verb offer money at auction: to offer an amount of money for something at an auction
|
2. (past and past participle bid) intransitive verb offer price for work: to offer to do a piece of work for a specific price
  bidding for the contract
|
3. transitive verb say to somebody: to say something to somebody as a greeting or farewell
She called in on her way to the airport to bid us goodbye.
|
4. (past and past participle bid) transitive and intransitive verb card games state number of tricks: to declare the number of card tricks expected to be taken
|
5. (past and past participle bid) intransitive verb try to achieve something: to make an attempt to achieve a goal
He hasn't decided whether or not he'll bid for the presidency.
|
6. transitive verb order somebody: to tell somebody to do something
(
archaic
)
We were bidden to sit quietly, and so we did.
|
7. transitive verb invite somebody: to invite somebody somewhere
(
archaic
)
|
noun (plural bids) |
|
| Definition: |
| |
1. offer made to pay: an offer of money for something at an auction
|
2. offer: an offer to do a piece of work for a specific price
bids were invited for the contract
|
3. attempt: an attempt to do something or get something
in a desperate bid to save the situation
|
4. card games statement of tricks: a statement of the number of tricks that a player expects to take in a card game
|
| [ Old English biddan "to request," beodan "to offer," both < Germanic] |
|
| bid·der noun |
|
