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bid⋅ding

  [bid-ing]
Use bidding in a Sentence
–noun
1. command; summons; invitation: I went there at his bidding.
2. bids collectively, or a period during which bids are made or received: The bidding began furiously.
3. a bid.
—Idiom
4. do someone's bidding, to submit to someone's orders; perform services for someone: After he was promoted to vice president at the bank, he expected everyone around him to do his bidding.
Origin:
1125–75; ME; see bid 1 , -ing 1
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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
–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.
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. 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.

bid

2  [bid]
–verb Archaic.
pp. of bide.
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bid   (bĭd)   
v.   bade (bād, bād) or bid, bid·den (bĭd'n) or bid, bid·ding, bids

v.   tr.

  1. To issue a command to; direct.

  2. To utter (a greeting or salutation).

  3. To invite to attend; summon.

  4. 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.

  5. past tense and past participle bid To offer or propose (an amount) as a price.

  6. 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.

  1. 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.

  2. past tense and past participle bid To seek to win or attain something; strive.

n.  

    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.

  2. An invitation, especially one offering membership in a group or club.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 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.
bid·ding   (bĭd'ĭng)   
n.  

  1. A demand that something be done; a command.

  2. A request to appear; a summons.

  3. Bids considered as a group, as at an auction or in card games: The bidding was higher than expected.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Financial Dictionary

bid

  1. The price that a potential buyer is willing to pay for a security. Compare ask. See also best bid.

  2. An offer to purchase something.


Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bid
Function: abbreviation
Etymology: Latin bis in die twice a day
—used in writing prescriptions
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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