bid
verb (OFFER) /bɪd/ (present participle bidding, past tense bid, past participle bid)Definition
C2 [I or T] to offer a particular amount of money for something that is for sale and compete against other people to buy it, especially at a public sale of goods or property: She knew she couldn't afford it, so she didn't bid. The communications group has shown an interest in bidding for the company. A foreign collector has bid £500,000 for the portrait. [+ two objects] What am I bid for this fine vase?Negotiating pricesBuying › [I] If two or more people bid for a job, they compete with each other to do the work by offering to do it for a particular amount of money: The department is trying to ensure fairer competition among firms bidding for government contracts.Competing and contending (non-sporting)Competing in sport › [T + to infinitive] If someone bids to do something, they compete with other people to do it: Paris is bidding to host the next Olympics.Competing and contending (non-sporting)Competing in sport
(Definition of bid verb (OFFER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bidding war noun
- bite verb (SHOW INTEREST)
- brand loyalty noun
- bulk-buy verb
- buy into sth phrasal verb (BUSINESS)
- import noun (BRINGING IN)
- import verb
- kick the tires idiom
- on the slate idiom
- order form noun
- order noun (REQUEST)
- order sth in phrasal verb
- outbid verb
- panic buying noun
- run noun (BUY)
- shop around phrasal verb
- shopping noun
- stock up phrasal verb
- trade sth in phrasal verb
- trade-in noun
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