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bid B0233000 (bĭd)v. bade (băd, bād) or bid, bid·den (bĭd′n) or bid, bid·ding, bids v.tr.1. past tense and past participle bid a. To offer or propose (an amount) as a price.b. To auction (a contract): The city will bid the project next summer.c. 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).d. Games To state one's intention to take (tricks of a certain number or suit in cards): bid four hearts.2. To utter (a greeting or salutation): I bid you farewell.3. To issue a command to; direct: "Lee ... bid the captain sit beside him and report" (Stephen W. Sears).4. To invite to attend; summon: The host bid the guests come to dinner.v.intr. past tense and past participle bid 1. To make an offer to pay or accept a specified price: decided not to bid on the roll-top desk.2. To seek to win or attain something; strive.n.1. a. An offer to pay a certain amount of money for something: made a bid on the antique desk.b. The amount offered or proposed: The highest bid at the auction was $5,000.2. An invitation, especially one offering membership in a group or club.3. An earnest effort to win or attain something: a team in a bid to win the championship; a candidate who made a bid for the presidency.4. 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.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.Idioms: bid defiance To refuse to submit; offer resistance to. bid fair To 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.
BIDabbr. Bachelor of Industrial Designbid up vb (Commerce) (adverb) to increase the market price of (a commodity) by making artificial bids bid up
bid up1. To increase the price of an item by offering to pay more money for it than the previous bidder, as at an auction. A noun or pronoun can be used between "bid" and "up." If no one bids up the price of the necklace, it will be yours. I did really want that antique dresser, but the other people at the auction kept bidding it up, and I wasn't willing to pay thousands for it.2. To increase the value of something, usually a security, by offering to pay higher and higher prices for it. A noun or pronoun can be used between "bid" and "up." Overeager investors are bidding up that stock.See also: bid, upbid something upto raise the price of something at an auction by offering higher and higher prices; to increase the value of something, such as shares of stock, by offering a higher price for it each time it comes up for sale. Who is bidding the price up on that painting? Someone bid up the price on each piece at auction and then backed off.See also: bid, upbid upRaise a price by raising one's offer, as in We were hoping to get an Oriental rug cheaply, but the dealer kept bidding us up. This phrase is used in business and commerce, particularly at auctions. [Mid-1800s] See also: bid, upbid upv.1. To increase the price of something by offering increasingly high purchase prices for it: The traders bid up the stocks in oil companies. The buyer bid the artist's paintings up much more than she expected that they would be worth.2. To increase some cost by offering increasingly high purchase prices: There were many potential buyers, and together they bid up the cost of milk to $3 per gallon. The price was low at first, but the buyer bid it up to much more than he could afford.See also: bid, upEncyclopediaSeebidLegalSeeBid |