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bid(1) (iou)



bid noun. L18.
[from the verb.]
The offer of a price, esp. at an auction; an offer made at a stated price, a tender. L18.
Cards. A proposal to win a specified minimum number of tricks (in bridge, the number in excess of six) or points, usu. with a specified trump-suit or in no-trumps; a player's turn to bid. L19.
fig. An attempt to obtain something; a try, an effort. L19.
make a bid for try to secure.
Punch Britain's Bid for War-Plane Supremacy. J. Van Druten That's not a bid for pity, it's just telling you why I feel this way.
Comb.: bid price the price at which a market-maker or institution, esp. a unit trust, will buy back shares or units (cf. offer price s.v. OFFER noun).