bid in, Commerce. to overbid all offers for (property) at an auction in order to retain ownership.
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bid up, Commerce. to increase the market price of by increasing bids.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME bidden, OE biddan to beg, ask; c. OFris bidda, OS biddian, OHG bittan (G bitten), ON bithja, Goth bidjan; all < Gmc *bid-ja- (< IE *bhidh-) command, akin to Gk peíthein to persuade, inspire with trust, E bide]
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity: He wanted to ask for a raise, but bided his time.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME biden, OE bīdan; c. OFris bīdia, OS bīdan, OHG bītan, ON bītha, Goth beidan, L fīdere, Gk peíthesthai to trust, rely < IE *bheidh-; the meaning appar. developed: have trust > endure > wait > abide > remain]
past tense and past participlebidGames To state one's intention to take (tricks of a certain number or suit in cards): bid four hearts.
past tense and past participlebid To offer or propose (an amount) as a price.
past tense and past participlebid 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).
v.
intr.
past tense and past participlebid To make an offer to pay or accept a specified price: decided not to bid on the roll-top desk.
past tense and past participlebid To seek to win or attain something; strive.
n.
An offer or proposal of a price.
The amount offered or proposed: They lost the contract because their bid was too high.
The act of bidding in cards.
The number of tricks or points declared.
The trump or no-trump declared.
The turn of a player to bid.
An invitation, especially one offering membership in a group or club.
Games
The act of bidding in cards.
The number of tricks or points declared.
The trump or no-trump declared.
The turn of a player to bid.
An earnest effort to win or attain something: made a bid for the presidency.
Phrasal Verb(s): 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
To cause (a price) to rise by increasing the amount bid: bid up the price of wheat.
Idiom(s):
bid defiance
To refuse to submit; offer resistance to.
Idiom(s):
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).]
merger of two words. Bid farewell is from O.E. biddan "to beg, ask, demand" (class V strong verb, past tense bæd, past participle beden), from P.Gmc. *bithjan (cf. Ger. bitten "to ask"), from PIE base *bhidh- "command, persuade, trust" (cf. Gk. peithein "to persuade," pistis "faith;" L. fidere "to trust," foedus "compact, treaty," O.C.S. beda "need"). A bid at an auction, meanwhile, is from O.E. beodan "offer, proclaim" (class II strong verb; p.t. bead, p.p. boden), from P.Gmc. *biudanan "to stretch out, reach out, offer, present," (cf. Ger. bieten "to offer"), from PIE base *bh(e)udh- "to offer, present" (cf. Skt. bodhati "is awake, is watchful, observes," buddhah "awakened, enlightened;" O.C.S. bljudo "to observe;" Lith. budeti "to be awake;" O.Ir. buide "contentment, thanks").
Bead\, n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte, AS. biddan, to ask, bid, G. bitten to ask, and perh. to Gr. ? to persuade, L. fidere to trust. Beads are used by the Roman Catholics to count their prayers, one bead being dropped down a string every time a prayer is said. Cf. Sp. cuenta bead, fr. contar to count. See Bid, in to bid beads, and Bide.]1. A prayer. [Obs.] 2. A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer. 3. Any small globular body; as, (a) A bubble in spirits. (b) A drop of sweat or other liquid. "Cold beads of midnight dew." --Wordsworth. (c) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim). (d) (Arch.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments. (e) (Chem.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc. Bead and butt (Carp.), framing in which the panels are flush, having beads stuck or run upon the two edges. --Knight. Beat mold, a species of fungus or mold, the stems of which consist of single cells loosely jointed together so as to resemble a string of beads. [Written also bead mould.] Bead tool, a cutting tool, having an edge curved so as to make beads or beading. Bead tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Melia, the best known species of which (M. azedarach), has blue flowers which are very fragrant, and berries which are poisonous.
Bea"dle\, n. [OE. bedel, bidel, budel, OF. bedel, F. bedeau, fr. OHG. butil, putil, G. b["u]ttel, fr. OHG. biotan, G. bieten, to bid, confused with AS. bydel, the same word as OHG. butil. See. Bid, v.]1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner. 2. An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. [Eng.] Note: In this sense the archaic spellings bedel (Oxford) and bedell (Cambridge) are preserved. 3. An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.
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