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n.
bidding of an amount
1) to enter, file, make, put in, submit a bid
2) to call for, invite bids
3) to raise one's bid
4) to consider, entertain bids
5) to recall a bid
6) an opening; sealed bid
7) the highest bid
8) a bid for, on (she made a bid on the painting)
attempt
9) to make a bid
10) a desperate bid
11) a bid for (she made a bid for the nomination)
12) a bid to + inf. (he made a bid to regain his former influence)
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v.
1) (D; tr.) to bid for (she bid twenty pounds for the vase)
2) (esp. AE) (D; intr.) to bid on (to bid on a contract)
III
v.
1) (formal) (A) she bade farewell to them; or: she bade them farewell
2) (obsol.) (H) to bid smb. to do smt.
3) (obsol.) (I) to bid smb. do smt.