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0 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:
The communications group has shown an interest in bidding for the company.
[ + two objects ] What am I bid for this fine vase?
The department is trying to ensure fairer competition among firms bidding for city contracts.
Before you decide how to bid, you need to evaluate how strong the hand of cards you are holding is.
She bid three diamonds.
1 to give a greeting to someone, or to ask someone to do something:
2 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.
[ + 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).
The declarer must make as many tricks as his bid has promised.
4 to offer a particular amount of money for something when competing against other people to buy it:
5 to give a greeting to someone, or to ask someone to do something:
He bade us farewell.
6 an offer of a particular amount of money for something that is for sale:
Her bid for reelection was unsuccessful.
7 to compete to buy something by offering a particular amount of money for it:
8 to compete for work by offering to do it for a particular price:
bid for sth Taylor-Stanley yesterday confirmed it had bid for the contract.
bid on sth Follow these steps to bid successfully on a government contract.
10 an offer to buy something for a particular price:
11 an offer to do work for a particular price:
12 an attempt to achieve or get something:
bid for sth He lost his bid for re-election to the board.
The government has reduced the cost of borrowing in a bid to get the economy moving again.