bid
propose a payment
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,030 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,849 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- propose a payment also: offer, tender The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting
- invoke upon also: wish wish you a nice eveningbid farewell
- ask for or request earnestly also: beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure The prophet bid all people to become good persons
- make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands also: call He called his trump
- make a serious effort to attain something His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population
- ask someone in a friendly way to do something also: invite
noun
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something also: command, bidding, dictation
- an attempt to get something also: play they made a futile play for powerhe made a bid to gain attention
bid in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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When she entered they all bid her welcome, and made her sit down.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Athene again urges the release of Odysseus; and Hermes is sent to bid Calypso let the hero go.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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And quick he jumped out of bed and dressed, so that he might bid her good-morning before she left.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Fred was paying down the remaining twenty-six dollars on the price he had bid for the handsome chestnut pony.
The High School Boys' Canoe Club · H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock · Chapter 1
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Shall bid all flesh await, on land or ships, The warning trump of the Apocalypse, Shattering the heavens before the dread eclipse.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1