bid
/bɪd/ n [C] (OFFER)Definition
› an offer of a particular amount of money for something that is for sale: The minimum bid for these dolls is $75. › A bid is also an offer to do a job for a particular price: His bid to build the garage was too high. › A bid for something is an attempt to achieve or obtain it: Her bid for reelection was unsuccessful.
(Definition of bid n (OFFER) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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