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.]
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   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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	Bid \Bid\,
   imp. & p. p. of Bid.
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	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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	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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	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]

	

	137 Moby Thesaurus words for "bid":
   adjuration, advance, appeal, approach, ask, asking price, assay,
   attempt, bargain, bargain price, beat down, beseechment, bid for,
   bid in, bid price, bid up, biddance, bidding, call, call on,
   call the signals, call upon, calling, cash price, chaffer, charge,
   cheapen, clamor, command, commission, controlled price, crack, cry,
   current price, current quotation, cut price, declare, decree,
   dicker, dictate, direct, drive a bargain, effort, endeavor,
   engraved invitation, enjoin, entreaty, essay, experiment, feeler,
   fixed price, flat rate, fling, gambit, give an order,
   give the word, go, going price, haggle, higgle, huckster,
   imploration, imploring, imprecation, instruct, invitation, invite,
   invocation, invocatory plea, issue a command, issue a writ,
   jew down, lick, list price, make a bid, make an offer, mandate,
   market price, move, neat price, negotiate, net, obsecration,
   obtestation, offer, offer to buy, offering, ordain, order,
   order about, outbid, overture, package price, piece price, plea,
   prayer, preliminary approach, presentation, price list,
   prices current, proclaim, proffer, promulgate, pronounce,
   quotation, quoted price, recommended price, request, rogation,
   rule, say the word, selling price, shill, shot, stab, step,
   stock market quotations, stroke, strong bid, submission, suit,
   summon, summons, supplication, tell, tentative, tentative approach,
   trade price, trial, trial and error, try, underbid, undertaking,
   unit price, warn, whack, wholesale price

	

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	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.