- (bid) command: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- (bid) offer: propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
- (bid) an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention"
- (bid) wish: invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell"
- (bid) a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- (bid) ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
- Bidden is a village in Hampshire, England.
- (Bid (finance)) A bid price is the highest price that a buyer (i.e., bidder) is willing to pay for a good. It is usually referred to simply as the "bid."
- (Bid (Medical)) This is the overview for the medical abbreviations series.
- (BID) Bis in die: twice a day, two times per day
- (bid) An offer at an auction; A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass; An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal); To issue a command; to tell; To invite; to summon; to offer; To utter a greeting or salutation
- (BID) An offer of a certain amount of consideration.
- (Bid) An expression indicating a desire to buy a commodity at a given price; opposite of offer.
- (Bid) An offer to host an event or meeting.
- (Bid) An offer, stated as a price or spread, to buy whole loans or securities.
- (Bid) Proposal made by the prospective policyholder to an insurance company to obtain the cost of a premium for a specific period.
- (Bid) The price at which someone is prepared to buy shares.
- (Bid) a tender, proposal or quotation submitted in response to a solicitation from a contracting authority.
- (Bid) price at which a buyer is ready to buy a particular currency while selling the other simultaneously.
- (bid) (1) An attempt to gain control over a line in order to transmit data. (2) Usually associated with contention style of sharing a single line among several terminals. ...
- (bid) A formal offer by a contractor, in accordance with specifications for a project, to do all or a phase of the work at a certain price in accordance with the terms and conditions stated in the offer.
- (bid) an impressive (but failing) diving attempt to catch the frisbee. Often used in a positive way, ex. "Nice bid"
- Also Mr. Bid. Wholesale buying price as established by market makers, and listed in the weekly Coin Dealer Newsletter. [See Ask; also Singles for an example of how Bid is used in conversation]
- (Bid) A prospective buyer's indication or offer of a price he or she will pay to purchase property at auction. Bids are usually in standardized increments established by the auctioneer.
- (Bid) an offer submitted by a prospective vendor in response to an invitation for bid (IFB) or issued by a purchasing authority; becomes a contract upon acceptance by the buyer.