bid /ˈbɪd/
  (v.)出價,招標;努力,嘗試;命令,吩咐,邀請
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  Bid v. t. [imp. Bade Bid, (Obs.) Bad; p. p. Bidden Bid; p. pr. & vb. n. Bidding.]
  1. 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).
  2. 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.
     Neither bid him God speed.   --2. John 10.
     He bids defiance to the gaping crowd.   --Granrille.
  3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly obs.] “Our banns thrice bid !”
  4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
     That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow.   --Pope
     Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee.   --Matt. xiv. 28
     I was bid to pick up shells.   --D. Jerrold.
  5. To invite; to call in; to request to come.
     As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.   --Matt. xxii. 9
  To bid beads, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics; to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.]
  To bid defiance to , to defy openly; to brave.
  To bid fair, to offer a good prospect; to make fair promise; to seem likely.
  Syn: -- To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command; direct; charge; enjoin.
  Bid, n. 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, v. i.
  1. To pray. [Obs.]
  2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.
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  bid
       n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
            [syn: command, bidding, dictation]
       2: an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for
          power"; "he made a bid to gain attention" [syn: play]
       3: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price [syn: tender]
       4: (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to
          contract to make [syn: bidding]
       v 1: propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for
            the painting" [syn: offer, tender]
       2: invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell" [syn:
           wish]
       3: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to
          become good persons" [syn: beseech, entreat, adjure,
           press, conjure]
       4: make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands;
          "He called his trump" [syn: call]
       5: make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid
          for the attention of the poor population"
       6: ask someone in a friendly way to do something [syn: invite]
       [also: bidding, bidden, bade]