bid
noun [C] (OFFER) /bɪd/Definition
C2 an offer of a particular amount of money for something that is for sale: I made a bid of $150 for the painting. She made/put in a bid of £69,000 for the flat, which was accepted.Buying C1 an offer to do something when you are competing with other people to do it: [+ to infinitive] Sydney made a successful bid to host the Olympic Games. I gave the job to the contractors who made/gave the lowest bid (= who offered to do the work for the lowest amount of money).Competing and contending (non-sporting)Competing in sport
(Definition of bid noun (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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