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Audio Help [bid] Pronunciation Key verb, bade or (Archaic
) bad for 1, 2, 5, 6, 13 or bid for 3, 4, 7, 14, 15; bid·den or bid for 1, 2, 5, 6, 13 or bid for 3, 4, 7, 14; bid·ding; noun
—Related forms
Audio Help [bid] Pronunciation Key verb, bade or (Archaic
) bad for 1, 2, 5, 6, 13 or bid for 3, 4, 7, 14, 15; bid·den or bid for 1, 2, 5, 6, 13 or bid for 3, 4, 7, 14; bid·ding; noun –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun
—Idioms
| 1. | to command; order; direct: to bid them depart. |
| 2. | to express (a greeting, farewell, benediction, or wish): to bid good night. |
| 3. | Commerce. to offer (a certain sum) as the price one will pay or charge: They bid $25,000 and got the contract. |
| 4. | Cards. to enter a bid of (a given quantity or suit): to bid two no-trump. |
| 5. | to summon by invitation; invite. |
| 6. | to command; order; direct: I will do as you bid. |
| 7. | to make a bid: She bid at the auction for the old chair. |
| 8. | an act or instance of bidding. |
| 9. | Cards.
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| 10. | an invitation: a bid to join the club. |
| 11. | an attempt to attain some goal or purpose: a bid for election. |
| 12. | Also called bid price. Stock Exchange. the highest price a prospective buyer is willing to pay for a security at a given moment. |
| 13. | bid fair. fair1 (def. 30). |
| 14. | bid in, Commerce. to overbid all offers for (property) at an auction in order to retain ownership. |
| 15. | 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
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] —Related forms
bidder, noun
—Synonyms 1. charge; require, enjoin. 3. offer, tender, proffer. 8. offer, proposal; proffer.
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| bade
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v. A past tense of bid. |
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| bid
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v. bade (bād, bād) or bid, bid·den (bĭd'n) or bid, bid·ding, bids v. tr.
v. intr.
n.
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).] bid'der n. |
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| bade | |
noun | |
| a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
Bade
Bade\ A form of the pat tense of Bid.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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