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bid

UK/bɪd/ US/ˈbɪd/ common slang
verb (6) noun (4)

verb

1.

propose a payment

  • “The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting”
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2.

invoke upon

  • “wish you a nice evening”
  • “bid farewell”
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3.

ask for or request earnestly

  • “The prophet bid all people to become good persons”
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4.

make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands

  • “He called his trump”
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5.

make a serious effort to attain something

  • “His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population”
6.

ask someone in a friendly way to do something

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noun

1.
2.

an attempt to get something

  • “they made a futile play for power”
  • “he made a bid to gain attention”
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3.

a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

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4.

(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

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Origin

From Middle English bidden, from Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”), from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-. Conflated with Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”) (see Etymology 2 below). Compare West Frisian bidde, Low German bidden, Dutch bidden ("to pray"), German bitten, Danish bede, Norwegian Bokmål be.

Phrases

  • bid adieu
  • bid beads
  • bid defiance to
  • bid down
  • bid fair
  • bid hook
  • bid in
  • bid off
  • bid price
  • bid rigging
  • bid shading
  • bid size

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