bid

1 [bid] 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)
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.
verb (used without object)
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.
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noun
8.
an act or instance of bidding.
9.
Cards.
a.
an offer to make a specified number of points or to take a specified number of tricks.
b.
the amount of such an offer.
c.
the turn of a person to bid.
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.
Idioms
13.
bid fair. fair1 ( def 29 ).
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:
before 900; Middle English bidden, Old English biddan to beg, ask; cognate with Old Frisian bidda, Old Saxon biddian, Old High German bittan (German bitten), Old Norse bithja, Gothic bidjan; all < Germanic *bid-ja- (< Indo-European *bhidh-) command, akin to Greek peíthein to persuade, inspire with trust, English bide

Related forms
bid·der, noun

Can be confused: bidder, bitter.

Synonyms
1. charge; require, enjoin. 3. offer, tender, proffer. 8. offer, proposal; proffer.
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bid

2 [bid]
verb Archaic.
past participle of bide.

B.I.D.

Bachelor of Industrial Design.

b.i.d.

(in prescriptions) twice a day.
Origin:
< Latin bis in diē

bide

[bahyd] verb, bid·ed or bode; bid·ed or ( Archaic ) bid; bid·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
Archaic. to endure; bear.
2.
Obsolete. to encounter.
verb (used without object)
3.
to dwell; abide; wait; remain.
Idioms
4.
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity: He wanted to ask for a raise, but bided his time.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English biden, Old English bīdan; cognate with Old Frisian bīdia, Old Saxon bīdan, Old High German bītan, Old Norse bītha, Gothic beidan, Latin fīdere, Greek peíthesthai to trust, rely < Indo-European *bheidh-; the meaning apparently developed: have trust > endure > wait > abide > remain

Related forms
bid·er, noun

Synonyms
3. stay, linger, tarry.
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bid (bɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb (often foll by for or against) (usually foll by for) , esp for senses 1, 2, 5, 7 esp for senses 1, 2, 5, 7 bids, bidding, bad, bade, bid, bidden, bid
1.  to offer (an amount) in attempting to buy something, esp in competition with others as at an auction
2.  commerce to respond to an offer by a seller by stating (the more favourable terms) on which one is willing to make a purchase
3.  (tr) to say (a greeting, blessing, etc): to bid farewell
4.  to order; command: do as you are bid!
5.  to attempt to attain power, etc
6.  (tr) to invite; ask kindly: she bade him sit down
7.  bridge to declare in the auction before play how many tricks one expects to make
8.  bid defiance to resist boldly
9.  bid fair to seem probable
 
—n
10.  a.  an offer of a specified amount, as at an auction
 b.  the price offered
11.  commerce
 a.  a statement by a buyer, in response to an offer by a seller, of the more favourable terms that would be acceptable
 b.  the price or other terms so stated
12.  an attempt, esp an attempt to attain power
13.  bridge
 a.  the number of tricks a player undertakes to make
 b.  a player's turn to make a bid
14.  short for bid price
 
[Old English biddan; related to German bitten]
 
'bidder
 
—n

b.i.d.
 
—abbreviation for
bis in die
 
[Latin: twice a day]

bide (baɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb , bides, biding, bided, bode, bided
1.  archaic, dialect or (intr) to continue in a certain place or state; stay
2.  archaic, dialect or (intr) to live; dwell
3.  archaic, dialect or (tr) to tolerate; endure
4.  (Scot) bide a wee to stay a little
5.  (Scot) bide by to abide by
6.  bide one's time to wait patiently for an opportunity
 
[Old English bīdan; related to Old Norse bītha to wait, Gothic beidan, Old High German bītan]

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Word Origin & History

bid
The modern verb is a merger of two old words. The sense in bid farewell is from O.E. biddan "to ask, entreat, pray, beseech; order; beg" (class V strong verb, past tense bæd, past participle beden), from P.Gmc. *bidjan "to pray, entreat" (cf. Ger. bitten "to ask," O.H.G., 8c.), which, according
to Kluge and Watkins is from a PIE base *gwhedh- "to ask, pray" (see bead). 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 be aware, make aware" (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").

bide
O.E. bidan "to stay, continue, live, remain," also "to trust, rely" (cognate of O.N. biða, O.Fris. bidia, Goth. beidan "to wait"), apparently from PIE *bheidh-, an extended stem of one root of O.E. biddan (see bid), the original sense of which was "to command," and "to trust"
(cf. Gk. peithein "to persuade," pistis "faith;" L. fidere "to trust," foedus "compact, treaty," O.C.S. beda "need"). Perhaps the sense evolved in prehistoric times through "endure," and "endure a wait," to "to wait." Preserved in Scotland and northern England, replaced elsewhere by abide in all senses except to bide one's time.
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b.i.d. abbr.
Latin bis in die (twice a day)

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
BID

  1. Bachelor of Industrial Design

  2. Spanish Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (Inter-American Development Bank)

  3. buoyancy induced dispersion

b.i.d.
Latin bis in die (twice a day)
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Example sentences
It is easy to bid the devil be your guest, but difficult to get rid of him.
Cell phone companies had to bid billions of dollars for similar spectrum in which to develop their products.
They then bid down the wage rates for less-skilled occupations.
The quest to preserve biodiversity is a complicated bid to safeguard the legacy of evolution.
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