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teftll^ft ) vkift: [VN] I bid £2 000 for the painting. ft 2 000 O [V] We wanted to buy the chairs

but another couple were bidding against us. ft Cl SAT

mum®*,- 2 ~ (for

sth) | (NAmti). ~ (on sth) to offer to do work or provide a service for a particular price, in competition with other companies, etc. ft# H771 tender _: [V] A French firm will be bidding for the contract. —

IrJ o [also V to inf] 3 [V to inf] (used especially in newspapers XftXft^) to try to do, get or achieve sth ij #■ ; A E5 attempt : The team is

bidding to retain its place in the league.

. Kltlo 4 (in some card games) to say

how many points you expect to win ( S ^ *)

ol] fp.; [VN] She bid four hearts. ife [also V]

HI what am I ‘biff? used by an auctioneer when he or she is selling sth ( ft^Aftit ) itfSEft^^Hji: What am I bid for this vase? if Jg * £ & C & #5 ft ^

noun 1 ~ (for sth) an offer by a person or a business company to pay a particular amount of money for sth 5c A (HJ ft ft: Granada mounted a hostile takeover bid

for Forte. ft.0Ht 0

At the auction (= a public sale where things are sold to the person who offers most), the highest bid for the picture was £200. &iH® ft WlS 200

oAny more bids? 2 - (for

sth) | (NAmE also) ~ (on sth) an offer to do work or provide a service for a particular price, in competition with other companies, etc. ft # H371 tender _: The

company submitted a bid for the contract to clean the hospital. i£^^ft#T:&ii0r[£l^ir?RX#o 3 ~ (for sth) | ~ (to do sth) (used especially in newspapers Aft Tft$) an effort to do sth or to obtain sth 3? XT®.: a bid for power ftft AT o a desperate bid to escape from his attackers A 4 (in some card games

^ ® $ ft) a statement of the number of points a

player thinks he or she will win Pi] ; Pi] ft bid² /bid/ verb —see also bid¹ (bid-ding, bade /beid; baed/, bidden/ bidn/ or bid ding, bid, bid) 1 ~ (sb) good morning, farewell, etc. (formal) to say ‘good morning’, etc. to sb |dJ (JCA ) |b]#C : [VN, VNN] I bade

farewell to all the friends I had made in Paris, fie W\ 0 I bade all my friends farewell. ft oft'J TlJfr# WHftAo 2 (old use or literary) to tell sb to do sth ( £Att£iP ) ; [VN inf] He

bade me come closer. (Mkftfli[r®o [also VN to inf, VN] bid-dable /'bidabl/ adj. (formal, especially BrE) (of people A) willing to obey and to do what they are told to

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bid-der /'bida(r)/ noun 1 a person or group that offers to pay an amount of money to buy sth ft {ft#: It went to the highest bidder (= the person who offered the most money). & # #f fni^Tftti lUjW A„ 2 a

person or group that offers to do sth or to provide sth for a particular amount of money, in competition with others ft##: There were six bidders for the catering

contract.

bid-ding /'bidirj/ noun [U] 1 the act of offering prices, especially at an auction ( ) fttfh

There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. %O Several companies remained in the bidding. A/liCAftftfAA 2 the act of offering to do sth or to provide sth for a particular price ft # : competitive bidding for the

contract #|S]^J^# 3 (in some card games ^ ft) the process of stating the number of points that players think they will win oi] Jj$ 4 (old-fashioned or formal) what sb asks or orders you to do if A;

TA: to do sb’s bidding (= to obey sb) MAUi£A