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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

Use bid in a Sentence

–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.

–noun

8.	an act or instance of bidding.

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. fair ¹ (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

Related forms:

bidder, noun

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

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bid

2 [bid]

–verb Archaic.

pp. of bide.

B.I.D.

Bachelor of Industrial Design.

b.i.d.

(in prescriptions) twice a day.

Origin:
< L 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.

—Idiom

4.	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

Related forms:

bider, noun

Synonyms:
3. stay, linger, tarry.

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bid (bĭd)

v. bade (bād, bād) or bid, bid·den (bĭd'n) or bid, bid·ding, bids

v. tr.

To issue a command to; direct.
To utter (a greeting or salutation).
To invite to attend; summon.
past tense and past participle bid Games To state one's intention to take (tricks of a certain number or suit in cards): bid four hearts.
past tense and past participle bid To offer or propose (an amount) as a price.
past tense and past participle bid 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 participle bid To make an offer to pay or accept a specified price: decided not to bid on the roll-top desk.
past tense and past participle bid To seek to win or attain something; strive.

1. An offer or proposal of a price.
2. The amount offered or proposed: They lost the contract because their bid was too high.
3. The act of bidding in cards.
4. The number of tricks or points declared.
5. The trump or no-trump declared.
6. The turn of a player to bid.
An invitation, especially one offering membership in a group or club.
Games
1. The act of bidding in cards.
2. The number of tricks or points declared.
3. The trump or no-trump declared.
4. 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 inTo outbid on one's own property at an auction in order to raise the final selling price.
bid outTo offer (work) for bids from outside contractors.
bid upTo cause (a price) to rise by increasing the amount bid: bid up the price of wheat.

Idiom(s):
bid defianceTo refuse to submit; offer resistance to.

Idiom(s):
bid fairTo appear likely.

[Middle English bidden, to ask, command (from Old English biddan; see g^whedh- 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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Bid

Bid\ (b[i^]d), v. t. [imp. Bade (b[a^]d), Bid, (Obs.) Bad; p. p. Bidden, Bid; p. pr. & vb. n. Bidding.] [OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS. biddian, Icel. bi[eth]ja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray, ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. teiqein to persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS. be['o]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[=o][eth]a, Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G. bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. pynqa`nesqai to learn by inquiry, Skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present OSlav. bud[=e]ti 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." [root]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 !" --Gay.

4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.

That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope

Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt. xiv. 28

I was bid to pick up shells. --D. 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. [Obs.]

To bid defiance to, to defy openly; to brave.

To bid fair, to offer a good prospect; to make fair promise; to seem likely.

Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command; direct; charge; enjoin.

Bid

Bid\, imp. & p. p. of Bid.

Bid

Bid\, n. 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.

Bid

Bid\, v. i. [See Bid, v. t.]

1. To pray. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.

Language Translation for : bid

Spanish: pujar, hacer una oferta,

German: bieten,

Japanese: 値をつける

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bid

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").

Bid

1. An offer made by an investor, a trader or a dealer to buy a security. The bid will stipulate both the price at which the buyer is willing to purchase the security and the quantity to be purchased.

2. The price at which a market maker is willing to buy a security. The market maker will also display an ask price, or the amount and price at which it is willing to sell.

Investopedia Commentary

This is the opposite of the ask, which stipulates the price a seller is willing to accept for a security and the quantity of the security to be sold at that price.

1. An example of a bid in the market would be $23.53 x 1,000, which means that an investor is willing to purchase 1,000 shares at the price of $23.53. If a seller in the market is willing to sell that amount for that price, then the transaction is completed.

2. Market makers are vital to the efficiency and liquidity of the marketplace. By quoting both bid and ask prices on the market, they always allow investors to buy or sell a security if they need to.

bid

The price that a potential buyer is willing to pay for a security. Compare ask. See also best bid.
An offer to purchase something.

Main Entry: bid
Pronunciation: 'bid
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: bid; bid·ding
transitive verb : to offer (a price) for payment or acceptance intransitive verb : to make a bid : state what one will pay or take in payment bidding for a job> —bid·der noun

Main Entry: bid
Function: noun
1 : the act of one who bids
2 a : a statement of what one will pay for something b : a statement of what one (as a contractor) will charge for something (as supplies or labor)
3 : an opportunity to bid

Main Entry: bid
Function: abbreviation
Etymology: Latin bis in die twice a day
—used in writing prescriptions

BID

Bachelor of Industrial Design
Spanish Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (Inter-American Development Bank)
buoyancy induced dispersion

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