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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
bid
    n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
         [syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation]
    2: an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for
       power"; "he made a bid to gain attention" [syn: bid,
       play]
    3: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price [syn: bid,
       tender]
    4: (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to
       contract to make [syn: bid, bidding]
    v 1: propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for
         the painting" [syn: offer, bid, tender]
    2: invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell" [syn:
       wish, bid]
    3: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to
       become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat,
       adjure, press, conjure]
    4: make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands;
       "He called his trump" [syn: bid, call]
    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 [syn: invite,
       bid]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bid \Bid\ (b[i^]d), v. t. [imp. Bade (b[a^]d), Bid, (Obs.)
   Bad; p. p. Bidden, Bid; p. pr. & vb. n. Bidding.]
   [OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS.
   biddian, Icel. bi[eth]ja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray,
   ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. teiqein to
   persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this
   word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS.
   be['o]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[=o][eth]a,
   Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G.
   bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. pynqa`nesqai to
   learn by inquiry, Skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present
   OSlav. bud[=e]ti to be awake, E. bode, v. The word now has
   the form of OE. bidden to ask, but the meaning of OE. beden
   to command, except in "to bid beads." [root]30.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer
      to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at
      auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be
      done under a contract).
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   2. To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a
      threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid
      good morning, farewell, etc.
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            Neither bid him God speed.            --2. John 10.
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            He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. --Granrille.
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   3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly
      obs.] "Our banns thrice bid !" --Gay.
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   4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
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            That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope
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            Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt.
                                                  xiv. 28
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            I was bid to pick up shells.          --D. Jerrold.
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   5. To invite; to call in; to request to come.
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            As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
                                                  --Matt. xxii.
                                                  9
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   To bid beads, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics;
      to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.]

   To bid defiance to, to defy openly; to brave.

   To bid fair, to offer a good prospect; to make fair
      promise; to seem likely.
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   Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command;
        direct; charge; enjoin.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bid \Bid\,
   imp. & p. p. of Bid.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bid \Bid\, n.
   An offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a
   sum which one will give for something to be received, or will
   take for something to be done or furnished; that which is
   offered.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bid \Bid\, v. i. [See Bid, v. t.]
   1. To pray. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.
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6. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)
BID
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7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
BID, contracts. A bid is an offer to pay a specified price for an article 
about to be sold at auction. The bidder has a right to withdraw his bid at 
any time before it is accepted, which acceptance is generally manifested by 
knocking down the hammer. 3 T. R. 148; Hardin's Rep. 181; Sugd. Vend. 29; 
Babington on Auct. 30, 42; or the bid may be withdrawn by implication. 6 
Penn. St. R. 486; 8, Id. 408. Vide 0@ffer. 



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