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bid
has definitions from the fields of bridge,games
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[ verb ] propose a payment; as at sales or auctions
Examples "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting" Used in print (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)Under this program , property sales specialists in the Small_Business_Administration regional offices help small business_concerns to locate Federal property for_sale and insure that small firms have the opportunity to bid competitively for surplus personal and real_property and certain natural_resources , including timber from the national forests . When suitable equipment is_located by the SBA representative , the small business_concern is contacted and advised on when , where , and how to bid on such property . These services include procurement and technical assistance and notice of surplus sales and invitations to bid on Government contracts for products and services within the registrants ' field_of_operations . |
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[ verb ] ask for or request earnestly
Examples "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" Used in print (Charles Glicksberg, "Sex in Contemporary Literature"...)Righteous in their denunciation of all that makes_for death , the beat prophets bid all men become cool cats ; let them learn to `` swing '' freely , to let_go , to become authentically themselves , and_then perhaps civilization will be saved . Related terms |
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[ verb ] invoke upon
Synonyms Examples "wish you a nice evening" "bid farewell" Used in print (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)Eventually it became clear to me , partly with the aid of another schizophrenic patient who could point_out my condescension to me somewhat more directly , that this man , with his condescending , `` You 're welcome '' , was very accurately personifying an element of obnoxious condescension which had been present in my own demeanor , over these months , on each of these occasions when I had bid him good-bye with the consoling note , each time , that the healing Christ would be stooping_to dispense this succor to the poor suffered again on the morrow . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
Used in print (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)Abel ignored the half expressed bid for confirmation . Related terms speech_act order commandment injunction commission open_sesame behest countermand command dictate |
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[ verb ] make a serious effort to attain something
Examples "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)A half-dozen other stations in the New_York area also bid for attention of the city 's Negro population , up about 50 per_cent in_the_past decade . Related terms |
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[ verb ] ask someone in a friendly way to do something
Synonyms Used in print (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)To confess with a canvas chair as a prie-dieu , gouging at his heart until a rough and stupid hand bade him rise and go ? |
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[ noun ] (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
Synonyms Related terms statement declaration contract takeout overbid preemptive_bid bridge |
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