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Bid is defined as command or to offer a certain sum of money for something.

(verb)

An example of bid is to instruct an army to move forth in their attack.
An example of bid is to offer $500 for a piece of jewelry at an auction.

The definition of bid means an offer of what someone will give for something.

(noun)

An example of bid is an amount of money offered to purchase a house.

See bid in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb bade or bid, bidden or bid, bidding, bid

Obsolete to beseech or implore
to command, ask, or tell: do as you are bidden
to offer (a certain amount) as the price or fee that one will pay or accept
to declare openly: to bid defiance
to express in greeting or taking leave: bid farewell to your friends
☆ Informal to offer membership to: the fraternity may bid five new men
Now Chiefly Dial. to invite
Card Games to state (the number of tricks or points one proposes to take and, in bridge, whether one proposes to play the hand with a specified suit as trump or with no suit as trump) in an effort to win the right to name trump

Origin: ME bidden, to ask, plead, pray < OE biddan < IE base *bheidh-, to urge, compel; meaning and form merged with ME beden, to offer, present < OE beodan, to command, decree < IE base *bheudh-, to be alert, announce

intransitive verb

to make a bid

noun

a bidding of an amount
the amount bid
a chance to bid
an attempt or try: a bid for fame
☆ Informal an invitation, esp. to become a member
Card Games
1. the act of bidding
2. the number of tricks, suit, etc. stated in a bid
3. a player's turn to bid

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bidder noun

intransitive verb

Obsolete bide

See bid in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb bade bade (băd, bād) or bid, bid·den (bĭdˈn) or bid, bid·ding, bids

verb, transitive

To issue a command to; direct.
To utter (a greeting or salutation).
To invite to attend; summon.
past tense and past participle bid 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 bid To offer or propose (an amount) as a price.
past tense and past participle bid 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).

verb, intransitive

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

noun

a. An offer or proposal of a price.
b. The amount offered or proposed: They lost the contract because their bid was too high.
An invitation, especially one offering membership in a group or club.
Games
a. The act of bidding in cards.
b. The number of tricks or points declared.
c. The trump or no-trump declared.
d. The turn of a player to bid.
An earnest effort to win or attain something: made a bid for the presidency.

Phrasal Verbs: 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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English bidden, to ask, command (from Old English biddan; see g^whedh- in Indo-European roots)

Origin: and Middle English beden, to offer, proclaim (from Old English bēodan; see bheudh- in Indo-European roots)

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