bid
/bid/
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Definition
Noun:
- An offer to pay a particular price for something, especially at an auction or in a competitive tender: A formal proposal stating the amount one is willing to pay to purchase something or to undertake a contract.
- An attempt to obtain or achieve something: An effort or try to get something, such as power, attention, or a goal.
- (In card games, especially bridge) A statement of the number of tricks a player proposes to win: A declaration in a game like bridge, indicating the number of tricks one's side will try to take.
Verb:
- To offer a particular price for something, especially in competition with others: To state formally what you are willing to pay or what you will charge to do a job.
- To make an effort to obtain or achieve something: To try hard to get or do something.
- To say or wish (a greeting or farewell) to someone: To express a greeting, welcome, or goodbye.
- To command or instruct someone to do something (archaic/literary): To order or direct someone.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Our company submitted the lowest bid for the construction project.
- She made a bid for the leadership position within the organization.
- His opening bid in the bridge game was two hearts.
Verb:
- We decided to bid $500 for the antique vase at the auction.
- The team is bidding to win the championship this year.
- I came to bid you farewell before my journey.
- The king bade the knight to rise. (archaic)
Advanced Usage
"to bid fair (to do something)": To seem likely to succeed; to show promise.
- The new technology bids fair to revolutionize the industry.
"to bid against someone": To offer a higher price than someone else.
- Several collectors bid against each other, driving the price up.
"to bid for something": To try to obtain or achieve something.
- The politician is bidding for the support of young voters.
Variants and Related Words
Bidder (n): A person or organization that makes a bid.
- The auctioneer recognized the final bidder.
Bidding (n): The process of making bids; commands.
- The bidding for the painting was fierce.
- He did his master's bidding. (archaic)
Overbid (v/n): To bid more than the value of something or more than another bidder.
- Underbid (v/n): To bid less than a competitor or the true value.
Synonyms
- Noun (Offer): Offer, tender, proposal.
- Noun (Attempt): Attempt, effort, try, endeavor.
- Verb (Offer): Offer, tender, propose.
- Verb (Command): Command, order, instruct, direct (archaic).
Related Phrasal Verbs
Bid up: To increase the price of something by offering higher bids.
- Speculators bid up the price of the stock.
Bid in: (At an auction) To bid on an item on behalf of the owner to prevent it from selling too cheaply.
- Bid on: To make an offer for something, especially a contract.
- Many firms will bid on the new government contract.
Related Idioms
A bid for freedom: An attempt to escape or become free.
- The prisoner's daring escape was a final bid for freedom.
Do someone's bidding: To obey someone's commands.
- The servants were expected to do their master's bidding.
Noun
- (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- an attempt to get something
- they made a futile play for power
- he made a bid to gain attention
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
Verb
- ask someone in a friendly way to do something
- make a serious effort to attain something
- His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- He called his trump
- ask for or request earnestly
- The prophet bid all people to become good persons
- invoke upon
- wish you a nice evening
- bid farewell
- propose a payment
- The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting