Bid

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I. verb (bade or bid; bidden or bid; also bade; bidding)

Etymology: partly from Middle English bidden, from Old English biddan; akin to Old High German bitten to entreat, and perhaps to Sanskrit bādhate he presses; partly from Middle English beden to offer, command, from Old English bēodan; akin to Old High German biotan to offer, Greek pynthanesthai to examine, Sanskrit bodhi enlightenment
Date: before 12th century
transitive verb
- 1.
  - a. obsolete beseech, entreat
  - b. to issue an order to ; tell <did as I was bid>
  - c. to request to come ; invite
- 2. to give expression to <bade a tearful farewell>
- 3.
  - a. offer — usually used in the phrase to bid defiance
  - b. past and past participle bid
    - (1) to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance
    - (2) to make a bid of or in (a suit at cards)
intransitive verb
- to make a bid
Synonyms: see command
? bidder noun

II. noun

Date: 1788
1.
- a. the act of one who bids
- b. a statement of what one will give or take for something; especially an offer of a price
- c. something offered as a bid
2. an opportunity to bid
3. invitation
4.
- a. an announcement of what a cardplayer proposes to undertake
- b. the amount of such a bid
- c. a biddable bridge hand
5. an attempt or effort to win, achieve, or attract <a bid for reelection>

III. abbreviation