1. Propose an amount you are prepared to pay for something
   "He bid $500 for the antique vase";
   - offer, tender
    
2. Ask for or request earnestly
   "The prophet bid all people to become good persons";
   - beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure [archaic]
    
3. Ask someone in a friendly way to do something
   "He bid his friends to join him for a drink";
   - invite
    
4. Make a serious effort to attain something
   "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"
    
5. (card game) make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
   "She bid three hearts";
   - call
    
6. Invoke upon
   "bid farewell";
   - wish

1. A formal proposal to buy at a specified price
   "The company submitted a bid for the construction project";
   - tender
    
2. An attempt to get something
   "he made a bid to gain attention";
   - play
    
3. An authoritative direction or instruction to do something
   "The manager's bid to improve efficiency was met with resistance";
   - command, bidding, dictation
    
4. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
   "Her opening bid of three hearts was aggressive";
   - bidding

Derived forms: bade, bids, bidding, bidden

Type of: advise, attempt, effort, endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], greet, offer, offering, play, plead, propose, recognise [Brit], recognize, request, seek, speech act, statement, suggest, try

Part of: bridge

Encyclopedia: Bid, South Khorasan