BID

of bid.

2. bid ·- of bid.

3. bid ·- imp. & ·p.p. of bid.

4. bid ·vt to pray.

5. bid ·vt to make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.

6. bid ·vt to invite; to call in; to request to come.

7. bid ·vt to proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known.

8. bid ·vt to order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.

9. bid ·vt to offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, ·etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, ·etc.

10. bid ·vt to make an offer of; to propose. 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).

11. bid ·noun 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.