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has past tenses bade (in general meanings: We bade them farewell) and bid (in card games and the auction room: We bid successfully for the portrait). The corresponding past participle forms are bidden and bid.

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1. Price at which market participants are willing to buy securities, futures contracts, or foreign currencies. The bid price, in other words, is the highest price a prospective buyer is willing to pay at a particular time. The difference between the bid price and the Offer price (the lowest price a seller will accept) is known as the Spread which is a dealer's commission in buying and selling securities. See also Competitive Bid; Noncompetitive Bid; Quotation.

2. Offer to acquire a failed bank at a liquidator's auction.

The amount someone offers to pay.
See offer.


Example: Abel places a property for sale at an asking price of $90,000. Baker makes a bid of $65,000 for the property, indicating he is willing to pay that amount for the property.

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verb

1. To give orders to: charge, command, direct, enjoin, instruct, order, tell. See over/under, words.
2. To request that someone take part in or be present at a particular occasion: ask, invite. See warn/invite.
3. To make an offer of: offer. Informal go. See offer.

noun

1. Something offered: offer, proffer, proposal, tender. See offer.
2. A spoken or written request for someone to take part or be present: invitation. Informal invite. See warn/invite.

1. An offer to perform the work described in a contract at a specified cost.
2. A complete and properly signed proposal to do the work, 1 or designated portion thereof for the sums stipulated therein, supported by data called for by the bidding requirements.

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An offer by an intending purchaser to buy goods or services at a stated price, or an offer by an intended seller to sell his goods or services for a stated price. In the building construction trade, general contractors usually solicit bids based on building specifications from several subcontractors in order to complete the project. Governmental agencies are often required by law to construct highways and buildings, and to buy goods and services, only in accordance with a procedure wherein competitive bids are solicited by advertisement from the public, with the lowest competent bid winning the contract. See also responsibility [responsible bidders].

1. An offer made by an investor, a trader or a dealer to buy a security. The bid will stipulate both the price at which the buyer is willing to purchase the security and the quantity to be purchased.

2. The price at which a market maker is willing to buy a security. The market maker will also display an ask price, or the amount and price at which it is willing to sell.

Investopedia Says:
This is the opposite of the ask, which stipulates the price a seller is willing to accept for a security and the quantity of the security to be sold at that price.

1. An example of a bid in the market would be $23.53 x 1,000, which means that an investor is willing to purchase 1,000 shares at the price of $23.53. If a seller in the market is willing to sell that amount for that price, then the transaction is completed.

2. Market makers are vital to the efficiency and liquidity of the marketplace. By quoting both bid and ask prices on the market, they always allow investors to buy or sell a security if they need to.

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For a list of words related to bid, see:

• Card Terms
• Modes and Manners of Expression - bid: command another’s action; greet; make an offer

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See words rhyming with "bidder."

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - byde, afgive tilbud
v. intr. - melde
n. - bud, tilbud

idioms:

• bid up    overbyde
• make a bid for    afgive tilbud på, deltage i licitation på

2.
v. tr. - byde, beordre

idioms:

• bid fair to    forekomme sandsynligt, tegne til at

Nederlands (Dutch)
bod, poging, uitnodiging, offerte, (ge)bieden, verzoeken, bezweren, verklaren, toewensen

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - dire, offrir, faire une offre de, faire une enchère de, demander (aux cartes)
v. intr. - faire une offre pour renchérir sur qn dans une vente aux enchères, proposer un prix, (Comm, Fin) faire une enchère, enchérir sur, (US) soumissionner (un contrat), faire une annonce parlée (au bridge)
n. - enchère, offre, demande, annonce (aux cartes), parole/passe (au bridge), tentative

idioms:

• bid in    faire une enchère
• bid up    faire monter les prix, surenchérir
• make a bid for    faire une annonce, faire une enchère

2.
v. tr. - ordonner, commander, enjoindre, inviter, convier (arch), endurer, souffrir (arch)

idioms:

• bid fair to    sembler devoir faire, promettre de faire

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - bieten, anbieten
n. - Gebot, Bemühung

idioms:

• bid in    eine Sache durch Überbietung zurückerwerben
• bid up    in die Höhe treiben
• make a bid for    für etwas bieten, sich um etwas bemühen

2.
v. - jdm einer Sache Lebewohl sagen

idioms:

• bid fair to    versprechen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κάνω προσφορά, χτυπώ (σε δημοπρασία), διατάζω, προστάζω, ζητώ, καλώ, εύχομαι (χαιρετώ)
n. - προσφορά τιμής, χτύπημα, (στα χαρτιά) δήλωση, χτύπημα, απόπειρα, προσπάθεια

idioms:

• bid fair to    είναι πιθανό να, δείχνω να
• bid up    ανεβάζω την τιμή
• make a bid for    διεκδικώ

Italiano (Italian)
offrire, augurare, offerta

idioms:

• bid fair to    promettere
• bid up    rilanciare
• make a bid for    lanciare, fare un offerta per

Português (Portuguese)
v. - mandar, cumprimentar, oferecer um preço
n. - lance (m) em leilão, oferta (f), declaração (f) (em jogo de cartas), tentativa (f)

idioms:

• bid fair to    parecer provável
• bid up    fazer lance mais alto
• make a bid for    tentar

Русский (Russian)
предложить цену, объявить ставку, предложение цены, заявка, ставка

idioms:

• bid fair to    сулить
• bid up    завышать цену (вверх)
• make a bid for    сделать ставку на что-либо

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - licitar, pujar, pedir
v. intr. - ofrecer, pujar, pedir, llamar a licitación
n. - oferta, invitación

idioms:

• bid in    oferta más alta en un remate
• bid up    aumentar la oferta, pujar
• make a bid for    hacer una oferta de compra

2.
v. tr. - ofrecer, prometer

idioms:

• bid fair to    parecer probable

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bjuda, befalla, säga
n. - bud, anbud, offert

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
出价, 祝愿, 投标, 命令, 吩咐, 喊价, 叫牌, 出价数目

idioms:

• bid fair to    有...的希望
• bid up    竞出高价, 抬价, 哄价
• make a bid for    出价买, 企图获得

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 出價, 祝願, 投標
v. intr. - 命令, 吩咐, 投標, 喊價, 出價, 叫牌
n. - 出價, 投標, 喊價, 出價數目

idioms:

• bid fair to    有...的希望
• bid up    競出高價, 抬價, 哄價
• make a bid for    出價買, 企圖獲得

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - ~에게 명령하다, 말하다, 값을 부르다
v. intr. - 값을 매기다, 명령하다
n. - 입찰, 부른 값, 시도

idioms:

• bid up    값을 올리다
• make a bid for    ~에 입찰하다, ~을 얻으려고 하다

2.
v. tr. - 스카우트하다

idioms:

• bid fair to    ~할 가망이 있다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 付ける, 値を付ける, 入札する, 述べる, 得ようと努力する, 命じる, 宣言する, 命令する
n. - 付け値, 入札, 努力, 宣言, 招待, 勧誘

idioms:

• bid adieu    さよならを告げる
• bid fair to    ～しそうである
• bid up    せり上げる
• make a bid for    入札する, 得ようと努める

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) أمر, طلب, أوصى, قدم عرضا أو سعرا (الاسم) عرض, عطاء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הציע מחיר‬
v. intr. - ‮השתדל לרכוש‬
n. - ‮מיכרז, מאמץ, ניסיון, הצעה (בקלפים)‬
v. tr. - ‮ציווה, הזמין, ביקש, בירך, איחל‬

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