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]
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).]
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.
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