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Definition of Bid

Bid of Bid of Bid 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). 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. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command. To invite; to call in; to request to come. imp. & p. p. of Bid. 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. To pray. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take. Related Definitions: An, As, At, Auction, Be, Bid, Call, Certain, Come, Command, Contract, Declare, Defiance, Direct, Done, Enjoin, Especially, Farewell, For, Furnished, Give, Good, Greeting, Imp, In, Invite, Is, Known, Make, Morning, Of, Offer, Offered, One, Or, Order, Pay, Pray, Price, Proclaim, Propose, Publicly, Put, Received, Request, Something, Specifically, State, Statement, Sum, Take, That, Thing, Threat, To, Under, Up, Welcome, What, Which, Will, Wish, Work

Bid Quotations I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. Thomas Jefferson The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. Kahlil Gibran Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine. George Santayana To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power. Tahar Ben Jelloun Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid. Soren Kierkegaard

Bid Translations bid in Afrikaans is vra bid in Danish is bede bid in Dutch is te koop aanbieden, aanbieden bid in German is bieten, Angebot {n}, reizen, Bieten, bieten bid in Italian is precetto bid in Latin is liceor bid in Portuguese is rogar, oferta bid in Spanish is postura, rogar

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