bid

[bɪd]

Definition:
1. A formal proposal to buy at a specified price.
2. An attempt to get something.
3. Propose a payment.
4. Invoke upon.

Use 'bid' in a sentence:

• 1. The share price will be determined by bidding from institutional investors.
• 2. He kissed all three, and bid them goodbye.
• 3. They can view a list of errands that match their interest profile, and, by entering a price, can bid to perform the errand.
• 4. Listing 4 shows a typical messaging event, posting notification of a new high bid in an auction system, and the code that generates it.
• 5. They have been barred from primary bidding for clients.
• 6. I bid £ 2 000 for the painting.
• 7. There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers.
• 8. Bid farewell to guilt and regret.
• 9. The Government has already closed down two newspapers in a bid to silence its critics.
• 10. Hanson made an agreed takeover bid of £ 351 million.
• 11. I bid you adieu.
• 12. The bid went instead to Fuji, which exploited its sponsorship to win a permanent foothold in the marketplace.
• 13. She is very clever at getting men to do her bidding!
• 14. The bidder view table is therefore decoupled and not always consistent with the state of the bid table.
• 15. Soon after he arrived, Kingfisher launched a hostile bid for Dixons.
• 16. The company increased its stake in the business, squelching rumours of a takeover bid.
• 17. I now bid you farewell.
• 18. I don't think she is bidding to be Prime Minister again.
• 19. A French firm will be bidding for the contract.
• 20. Granada mounted a hostile takeover bid for Forte.
• 21. They bid each other good-by and the Dog went home.
• 22. He certainly wasn't going to bid$ 18 billion for this company.
• 23. Any more bids?
• 24. They have claimed some impressive scalps in their bid for the championship.
• 25. Hanson made an agreed takeover bid of $351 million.
• 26. Republicans targeted her as vulnerable in her bid for reelection this year.
• 27. What am I bid for this vase?
• 28. Investors feel that the bid price undervalues the company.
• 29. The dealers bid up all the good pieces to keep out private buyers.
• 30. The company submitted a bid for the contract to clean the hospital.
• 31. We hope that in 2011 Russia will begin the genuine reform, in preparation for a new bid to become part of a broadly defined West.
• 32. At the auction, the highest bid for the picture was £ 200.
• 33. "I must do everything you bid me," said the little man.
• 34. She bid four hearts.
• 35. Several companies remained in the bidding.
• 36. Two prisoners bungled an escape bid after running either side of a lamppost while handcuffed.
• 37. He has submitted a bid to resuscitate the weekly magazine, which closed in April with losses of $1 million a year.
• 38. That bid for glory was a failure.
• 39. The U.S. shell company was set up to mount a bid for Kingston Communications.
• 40. He was given the job as a reward for running a successful leadership bid.
• 41. The team is bidding to retain its place in the league.
• 42. Tonight they take on a Chinese pairing in their bid to reach the final tomorrow.
• 43. They agreed to bid the picture up to 4,500 francs.
• 44. She wanted to bid for it.
• 45. The bank announced its intention to bid.
• 46. She has conceded defeat in her bid for the Democratic Party's nomination for governor.
• 47. Birmingham has bid to stage the next national athletics championships.
• 48. The US shell company was set up to mount a bid for Kingston Communications.
• 49. We wanted to buy the chairs but another couple were bidding against us.