Definition of bi̇d' in English English dictionary
- bid
- To issue a command; to tell
He bade me to come in.
- bid
- To offer as a price
She bid £2000 for the Persian carpet.
- bid
- An attempt, effort, pursuit
Doyle had passed up a dozen chances to go underground. He was swinging east again making another bid for Arcade.
- bid
- To make an attempt
He was bidding for the chance to coach his team to victory once again.
- bid
- To utter a greeting or salutation
e walked up to the village of Wall and bade good morning to the guards on the gate.
- bid
- To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price
Have you ever bid in an auction?.
- bid
- To announce one's goal, before starting play
- bid
- An offer at an auction
His bid was $35,000.
- bid
- The announcement of a goal
He put in his bid for office.
- bid
- To invite; to summon; to offer
She was bidden to the wedding.
- bid
- A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass
Nice bid!.
- bid
- To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray
All night she spent in bidding of her bedes, / And all the day in doing good and godly deedes.
- bid adieu
- To say goodbye to
Ladies, gentlemen, I bid you adieu.
- bid fair
- To have a reasonable claim; to seem likely
San Francisco bid fair to being as zany as New York. — R. A. MacAvoy, Tea With the Black Dragon, 1983.
- bid one's time
- Common misspelling of bide one's time
- bid price
- A price offered by a buyer/bidder when he buys a good
- bid prices
- plural form of bid price
- bid size
- The number of shares a buyer is willing to purchase at the quoted bid price
- bid'a
- innovation in Islamic religious beliefs or worship; heresy
- bid farewell
- say goodbye, depart from
- bid
- {v} to offer a price, command, order, invite
- bid bond
- A surety bond often required of contractors bidding on construction work to ensure that the successful bidder will accept the job and will also provide a performance bond
- bid security
- (Ekonomi) The deposit of cash, certified check, cashier’s check, bank draft, money order, or bid bond submitted with a bid and serving to guarantee to the owner that the bidder, if awarded the contract, will execute such contract in accordance with the bidding requirements and the contract documents
- bid'ah
- (Din) In Islam, bid‘ah is any type of innovation. Though innovations in worldly matters are acceptable to an extent, innovation within the religion is seen as a sin in Islam as Muhammad stated as such: “Whoever innovates something in this matter of ours [i.e., Islam] that is not a part of it, will have it rejected.” In addition, the Qur'an (which Muslims believe is the word of God) states: " ..This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion."
- bid
- The price a prospective buyer is prepared to pay at a particular time for trading a unit of a given security (See also "Best Bid" )
- bid
- {f} congratulate; offer a price; plead; summon, call
- bid
- ask someone in a friendly way to do something
- bid
- invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell"
- bid
- To pray
- bid
- The highest price an investor will pay to buy a security, or the price an investor can sell shares of stock for
- bid
- To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc
- bid
- propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting"
- bid
- This represents the highest price a prospective buyer is willing to pay for a security
- bid
- ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
- bid
- of Bid
- bid
- To invite; to call in; to request to come
- bid
- This is the quoted bid, or the highest price an investor is willing to pay to buy a security Practically speaking, this is the available price at which an investor can sell shares of stock
- bid
- The price at which a buyer has offered to purchase the currency or instrument
- bid
- The highest price a person is willing to pay for a security
- bid
- (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make a formal proposal to buy at a specified price ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
- bid
- The highest price at which someone is willing to buy a security
- bid
- The price which a dealer is willing to pay for (i e , buy) foreign exchange or a security
- bid
- The price that the market participants are willing to pay See offer
- bid
- A price, submitted in accordance with legal contract documents, that represents the amount for which the bidding organization will provide services
- bid
- ~ The price at which a buyer will purchase a security
- bid
- To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known
- bid
- Specifically : To offer to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be done under a contract)
- bid
- The price a mutual fund will pay to redeem shares or price a dealer is willing to buy a security
- bid
- An offer, as a price, whether for payment or acceptance A quotation specifically given to a prospective purchaser upon his request, usually in competition with other vendors An offer, by a buyer, to a vendor, as at an auction
- bid
- The price that someone is willing to pay for a security or an asset In the stock market, the bid portion of a stock quote is the highest price anyone is willing to pay for a security at that time BACK TO TOP
- bid
- To make an offer of; to propose
- bid
- The price at which a buyer will purchase a security
- bid
- An offer for an OCS lease submitted by a potential lessee in the form of a cash bonus dollar amount or other commitments as specified in the final notice of sale
- bid
- To invite; to summon
- bid
- as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc
- bid
- The price that a buyer is willing to pay to purchase a given currency and sell another at a particular time
- bid
- To announce ones goal, before starting play
- bid
- {i} tender; offer, proposal
- bid
- > The offer to buy property at a specific price
- bid
- The price at which a buyer is willing to purchase a security
- bid
- A motion to buy a futures contract at a specified price, or the highest price a prospective buyer is prepared to pay for a security or commodity at a particular time
- bid
- The highest price offered for the purchase of securities; the price a buyer is willing to pay see also: Asked
- bid
- An offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a sum which one will give for something to be received, or will take for something to be done or furnished; that which is offered
- bid
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- bid
- To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command
- bid
- a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- bid
- A competitive offer, which is binding on the bidder, in which price, delivery (or project completion), and conformance with specifications and the requirements of the Invitation to Bid or other competitive bidding method will be the predominant award criteria
- bid
- make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"
- bid
- To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take
- bid
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump"
- bid
- (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
- bid
- an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention" (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make a formal proposal to buy at a specified price ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population" make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump
- bid
- The highest price a buyer is willing to pay for a security at this time
- bid
- an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention"
- bid
- An expression indicating a desire to buy a commodity at a given price; the opposite of Offer
- bid
- An offer to buy a specific quantity of a commodity at a stated price
- bid
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump
- bid 1
- The form bid is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle
- bid 1
- A bid is an offer to pay a particular amount of money for something that is being sold. Hanson made an agreed takeover bid of £351 million
- bid 1
- A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it. Sydney's successful bid for the 2000 Olympic Games The Government has already closed down two newspapers in a bid to silence its critics. = attempt
- bid 1
- If you bid for something that is being sold, you offer to pay a particular amount of money for it. She decided to bid for a Georgian dressing table The bank announced its intention to bid He certainly wasn't going to bid $18 billion for this company. + bidding bid·ding The bidding starts at £2 million
- bid 1
- If you bid for something or bid to do something, you try to obtain it or do it. Singapore Airlines is rumoured to be bidding for a management contract to run both airports I don't think she is bidding to be Prime Minister again
- bid 2
- American English sometimes uses the form bid for the past tense. If you bid someone farewell, you say goodbye to them. If you bid them goodnight, you say goodnight to them. She bade farewell to her son I bade her goodnight. see also bidding = wish
- bid bond
- A bond given by a bidder for a supply or construction contract to guarantee that the bidder, if awarded the contract within the time stipulated, will enter into the contract and furnish the prescribed performance and/or payment bond Default ordinarily will result in liability to the obligee for the difference between the amount of the principal's bid and the bid of the next low bidder who can qualify for the contract The liability of the surety is limited to the big bond penalty
- bid bond
- When an exporter is bidding on a foreign contract, a bid bond guarantees that the exporter will take the contract if it is awarded If the exporter fails to take the contract, it will have to pay a penalty in the amount of the bond A bid bond is usually requested by a foreign organization to screen out weak contenders Your financial institution or the Export Development Corporation can assist in financing and issuing these bonds
- bid bond
- A bid bond assures the owner that, upon acceptance of the contractor's proposal, the contractor will proceed to enter into a contract and will furnish performance and payment bonds if required by the bid documents Failure to satisfy these requirements generally leads either to forfeiture of the bid bond (usually in the penal sum of 5% to 20% of the bid) or more commonly, payment of the difference between the bidder's price and the second low bidder's price or the bond amount, whichever is less Bid bonds are often required on public projects where formal competitive bidding is required, but are less frequently used on private projects
- bid bond
- A bond covering a bid
- bid bond
- A bond filed with a bid for a construction or other project which guarantees that if the contractor has the low bid and is awarded the job, the required performance bond will be furnished
- bid bond
- A written form of security executed by the bidder as principal and by a surety for the purpose of guaranteeing that the bidder will sign the contract, if awarded the contract, for the stated bid amount The Surety is a third-party that makes a pledge to pay liquidated damages to the owner to the extent of the difference between the bonded contractor bid and the next highest bidder but not to exceed the face value of the bond; if the bonded contractor declines an award offered by the owner
- bid bond
- Bond submitted with a construction bid which guarantees the contractor's acceptance of the contract at the bid price
- bid bond
- Bond, guarantee, or standby letter of credit that accompanies a bid, issued for an amount that will be forfeited if the bidder wins the bid but then reneges
- bid bond
- A bid bond is given by a bidder for a construction contract to guarantee that the bidder, if awarded the contract within the time stipulated, will enter into the contract and furnish any performance and payment bonds that may be required
- bid bond
- Guarantees an owner, the "obligee," that the accepted contractor will actually undertake the work and that the contractor will furnish performance, payment, and, perhaps, maintenance bonds - or that the contractor will pay the owner the difference between the amount of the contractor's accepted bid and the bid of another contractor who has to be called in to complete the project
- bid bond
- Expression common in export financing A party, usually a bank, guarantees under a bid bond (on the instructions of the seller) to pay part of the bid price (about 510%) in case the seller, after acceptance of the bid by the buyer, is not willing or able to conclude the corresponding delivery or performance contract or provide the necessary performance guarantee
- bid bond
- A company or an individual bidding on a contract will sometimes be required to post a Bid Bond or Tender Bond In such cases, the company requesting bids will be protected if the company selected is not able or willing to enter into a contract
- bid bond
- A financial guarantee given in support of the obligation of a bidder to sign a contract if he is successful in his bid
- bid bond
- Guarantees a bidder will enter into a contract are recommended for award
- bid bond
- When bidding for a foreign contract, a bid bond guarantees the exporter will take the contract if awarded If the exporter fails to take the contract, it will pay as a penalty the amount of the bond A bid bond is usually requested by an organisation to screen out weak contenders Your bank can assist in the finance and issue of these bonds
- bid bond
- A bond requested by a project owner, used as bid security, to pre-qualify a potential bidder and determine their capability of obtaining a performance and payment bond
- bid bond
- A guarantee that the contractor will enter into a contract, if it is awarded to him, and furnish such contract bond (sometimes called "performance bond") as is required by terms thereof
- bid bond
- also called a guarantee of maintenance of bid, it is a guarantee of payment in favor of the Borrower if the bidder that is selected for award fails to sign the offered contract In other words, it is a guarantee that the offer will remain effective for the period stipulated in the contract documents (See performance guarantee )
- bid bonds
- A bid bond guarantees that the bidder (principal) will actually enter into the contract at the bid price stated and will provide the required performance and payment bonds to the owner (obligee) To Surety Products page To list of terms above
- bid bonds
- Provided to an owner of a project promising that the contractor bidding will enter into a contract and furnish the necessary contract bonds if the bid is accepted
- bid bonds
- Bonds which guarantee that a contractor will enter into a contract at the amount bid and post the appropriate performance bonds These bonds are used by owners to pre-qualify contractors submitting proposals on contracts These bonds provide financial assurance that the bid has been submitted in good faith and that the contractor will enter into a contract at the bid price
- bid come
- summon, call to come forth, send for
- bid ill for the future
- bad sign, bad omen
- bid in
- offer a higher price (in an auction)
- bid list
- A list of suppliers invited to submit bids for goods or services as specified
- bid list
- Schedule of bonds distributed by holder or broker to dealer in order to get a bid, or current price, on the bonds
- bid offer
- Shares, units in unit trusts and other investment vehicles are bought at one price and sold at another The higher price is called the 'offer price' since this is the price at which the unit trust company or other institution offers the security for sale The lower price is called the 'bid price' and is the price at which the investor can sell the security back to the institution in question
- bid price
- This is the price at which an investment can be sold
- bid price
- Price a purchaser is willing to pay for a certain item
- bid price
- The price at which the buyer will purchase a security
- bid price
- The highest price a buyer is willing to pay for a security
- bid price
- The price at which a mutual fund's shares are redeemed, or bought back, by the fund The price a buyer is willing to pay for a security
- bid price
- The price at which a buyer is prepared to buy
- bid price
- going price, asking price; current cost
- bid price
- The price at which a trader or market maker is willing to buy an instrument
- bid price
- The price that someone is willing to pay for a security or an asset In the stock market, the bid portion of a stock quote is the highest price anyone is willing to pay for a security at that time The difference between the ask price and bid price is known as the spread BACK TO TOP
- bid price
- the highest price an investor is willing to pay for a stock
- bid price
- Highest price at which a market maker or specialist is willing to buy a security If you place a market order to sell a security, you typically receive the bid price
- bid price
- The bid price of a particular stock or share is the price that investors are willing to pay for it. Speculation centred on a likely bid price of 380p a share
- bid price
- The highest price anyone has declared that he wants to pay for a security at a given time
- bid price
- The price buyers are willing to pay for a particular stock at a given time <top>
- bid price
- The price at which a dealer or market-maker buys a security
- bid price
- Highest price at which a buyer of the stock is willing to pay for the stock, from the seller The bid price is lower than the ask price
- bid price
- The price at which a buyer is willing to buy an option or stock
- bid price
- The price that a prospective buyer is willing to pay for an asset (opposite of ask)
- bid price
- Also known as the "sell" price, the bid price is the price at which a fund's shares are bought back by the fund The bid price of a fund share is usually its net asset value
- bid price
- (stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security
- bid price
- The price at which shares of a mutual fund are redeemed by the fund, usually the fund's net asset value per share This amount may be reduced by a contingent deferred sales charge Also called the redemption price
- bid price
- The price at which a buyer has offered to purchase a security or commodity
- bid price
- The highest price a prospective buyer or dealer is willing to pay
- bid price
- The highest price an investor is willing to pay to purchase a given security
- bid price
- The highest price any potential buyer is willing to pay for a particular option
- bid price
- The amount at which a buyer would purchase a security
- bid price
- The highest price a buyer is willing to pay for shares of a publicly traded security
- bid price
- The quoted bid at which a Market Maker is willing to buy a stock (See Market Maker, best bid)
- bid time
- Time between asking for a bid and when it is due to be received
- bid time
- The time set by the owner, architect or engineer for receiving bids
- bid time
- (see Bid Date/Time)
- bid up
- raise the ante, raise the bid (in a card game)
- bid welcome
- welcome hospitably, receive cordially
- donkey bid
- A fake bid at an auction, used by the auctioneer to raise the price and thus raise the commission
- dummy bid
- A bid made at an auction, by a dummy bidder acting in collusion with the auctioneer or vendor, designed to deceive genuine bidders into paying more
- sealed bid
- A cost estimate, or a proposal to buy something, the value of which is kept secret from competitors until all such bids have been made
- takeover bid
- An attempt to buy a controlling share in a business
- vendor bid
- A type of bid at an auction which is made by the auctioneer on behalf of the vendor. This is used as a tactic to keep the bids moving, or to persuade buyers to pay more, or merely to have a higher price to report if the property is passed in (it's not that the vendor wants to buy what he or she is in fact selling). Such a bid is in essence a fiction, but so long as it's clearly announced genuine bidders can know what's going on. When that's not so it approaches the deliberate deception of a dummy bid
- no-bid contract
- The term "no-bid contract" is a popular phrase for what is officially known as a "sole source contract" which means that there is only one person or company that can provide the contractual services needed, so any attempt to obtain bids would only result in that person or company bidding on it
- any-and-all bid
- a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to buy any and all shares outstanding
- best bid
- The price a prospective buyer is prepared to pay at a particular time for trading a unit of a given security Please note that the American Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange do not provide Bid information on a delayed basis (See also "Bid" )
- best bid
- In any particular market, the most someone is currently willing to pay for that wine
- best bid
- The highest price at which any buyer is currently willing to pay for the security (See bid)
- best bid
- The price a prospective buyer is prepared to pay at a particular time for trading a unit of a given security Please note that the New York Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange do not provide Bid information on a delayed basis (See also "Bid" )
- best bid
- The highest price at which someone is willing to buy a security
- best bid
- The highest quoted bid of all competing Market Makers to buy a particular stock at any given time (See Market Maker, bid price)
- best bid
- Bidder has submitted a bid containing several variables or components (discounts, wage rates, material costs, etc ) that are not necessarily all low but in combination is the best bid
- best bid
- The highest quoted bid of all competing market makers to buy a particular stock at any given time The highest price someone is willing to pay for an asset
- best bid
- The highest quoted bid among all the market participants This is the price at which a market sell order (as long as enough shares are bid and the bid is current) should be executed Also called inside bid or high bid Also see Bid
- best bid
- The highest quoted bid of all competing Market Makers to buy a particular stock at any given time
- buyout bid
- a bid to buy all of a person's holdings
- by-bid
- bid on behalf of someone else
- highest bid
- largest monetary offer
- invitation for bid
- (Ticaret) Similar to request for proposal, but may involve a more specific application or definition
- invitation to bid
- A portion of the bidding requirements soliciting bids for a privately financed construction project
- invitation to bid
- A request, verbal or written, which is made to prospective suppliers for their quotation or offer to sell goods or services desired by the purchaser Also known as Requests for Quotation
- invitation to bid
- A process used to solicit Competitive Sealed Bids (CSBs) from vendors and generally used for commodity purchases Also refers to all documents used for soliciting Competitive Sealed Bids (See Competitive Sealed Bids)
- invitation to bid
- A letter inviting a potential bidder to prepare a bid on a project
- invitation to bid
- Much like a Request for Proposals (RFP) except that the only item generally requested is a price, not a statement of services involving negotiation
- jump bid
- A bridge bid that skips at least one level of bidding
- lowest bid
- lowest financial offer
- make a bid for
- try hard to win (a prize, government power, etc.)
- open bid
- advertised bidding, bidding that is not limited to specific participants
- preemptive bid
- a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding
- presidential bid
- attempt to be elected president
- rigged bid
- auction whose outcome is prearranged
- sealed bid
- A method of sale utilized where confidential bids are submitted to be opened at a predetermined place and time Not a true auction in that it does not allow for reaction from the competitive market place
- sealed bid
- Sealed bid sales entail public notice that bids would be accepted for property by a specified date and time in a specified place Customers are allowed to modify or withdraw their bid up until the time specified place Customers are allowed to modify or withdraw their bid up until the time specified for bid opening Award is made to the highest responsible responsive bidder Sealed Bid sales are used for one-time, term, or minimum-maximum competitive type sales
- sealed bid
- A bid submitted in a sealed envelope to prevent dissemination of its contents before the deadline for the submission of all bids; usually required by law or rule on major procurements to enhance fair competition Facsimile submission in response to an invitation for bid will meet the criterion of "sealed" in a legal sense if the transmission is secured by Purchasing/DOA or Purchasing/DLI
- sealed bid
- A private bid by a prospective supplier
- takeover bid
- An offer made to security holders of a company to purchase their voting securities which, together with the offering individual's already owned securities, will total over 20% of the outstanding voting securities of the company For federally incorporated companies, the equivalent requirement is more than 10% of the outstanding voting shares of the target company
- takeover bid
- an offer to buy shares in order to take over the company
- takeover bid
- the attempt to gain control of a company by offering to buy its shares at a higher price than the market price during a limited period
- takeover bid
- {i} (in business) offer to buy shares for the purposes of taking over the company
- two-tier bid
- a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to pay more for the shares needed to gain control than for the remaining shares
- unsuccessful bid
- failed attempt