- bid⇄bid, verb, bade,bid,or (Archaic)bad,biddenorbid,bidding,noun.
- bid⇄expr. bid fair, to seem likely; have a good chance.
Ex. The plan bids fair to succeed. - bid⇄expr. bid for, to try to secure, obtain, or win.
Ex. Several companies will bid for the contract. The candidate is bidding for votes. - bid⇄expr. bid in, to buy at auction to keep for the owner.
Ex. The costly books ... were bid in at the sale of 1878 (Joseph F. Daly). - bid⇄expr. bid up, to raise the price of by bidding more.
Ex. They bade them up until they reached 10,000 livres (John H. Burton). - bid⇄noun bidder.
- bid⇄noun 1. the action of bidding:
a. an offer to pay a certain price.
Ex. She made a bid of seven dollars on the table.
b. an offer to charge a certain price.
Ex. The painter made a bid of $100 to paint the room.
2. the amou - bid⇄v.i. to make an offer; offer a price.
Ex. to bid at an auction. - bid⇄v.t. 1. to tell (someone) what to do or where to go; command; instruct; direct.
Ex. Do as the law bids. The judge bid the witness sit down.
(SYN) order.
2. to say; tell (a greeting or the like); wish.
Ex. His friends bade him go