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.