Tra từ bid - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. bid 1 [bid bids bade bidding bidden] verb, noun BrE [bɪd] NAmE [bɪd]
see also ↑bid ²
verb (bid·ding, bid, bid)
1. intransitive, transitive to offer to pay a particular price for sth, especially at an ↑auction
•~ (sth) (for sth) I bid £2 000 for the painting.
•~ (against sb) We wanted to buy the chairs but another couple were bidding against us.
2. intransitive ~ (for sth) | (NAmE also)~ (on sth) | ~ (to do sth) to offer to do work or provide a service for a particular price, in competition with other companies, etc.
Syn: ↑tender
• A French firm will be bidding for the contract.
3. transitive ~ to do sth (used especially in newspapers)to try to do, get or achieve sth
Syn: ↑attempt
• The team is bidding to retain its place in the league.
4. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) (in some card games) to say how many points you expect to win
•She bid four hearts.
Verb forms:

Example Bank:
•He bade farewell to the city where he had been so happy.
•He bade her good day and left.
•She bid $10 000 for the painting.
•Two dealers bid against each other for the antique table.
•We have successfully bid for the contract.
•Which other cities are bidding to host the 2016 Olympics?
Idiom: ↑what am I bid?

noun
1. ~ (for sth) an offer by a person or a company to pay a particular amount of money for sth
• Granada mounted a hostile takeover bid for Forte.
• At the auction (= a public sale where things are sold to the person who offers the most), the highest bid for the picture was £200.
•Any 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.
Syn: ↑tender
• The company submitted a bid for the contract to clean the hospital.
3. (used especially in newspapers)an effort to do sth or to obtain sth
•~ for sth a bid for power
•~ to do sth a desperate bid to escape from his attackers
4. (in some card games)a statement of the number of points a player thinks he or she will win

Example Bank:
•A German firm launched a takeover bid for the company.
•College presidents supported his bid for the position.
•He attacked his guards in a desperate bid for freedom.
•He made a cash bid for the company.
•I placed a bid on a repossessed Ferrari.
•The highest bid was only $200.
•The party made a strong bid to seize power at the ballot box.
•They failed in their bid to buy the company.
•They have invited bids for the property.
•This play was her last bid for recognition.
•a $24 million bid by a rival company
•a bid by the president to boost his popularity
•a bid for the chair
•a bid of £100
•At the auction, the highest bid for the picture was £200 000.
•The company mounted a hostile takeover bid for its rival.
•a bid on the contract

▪ II. bid 2 [bid bids bade bidding bidden] BrE [bɪd] NAmE [bɪd] verb
see also ↑bid ¹(bid·ding, badeBrE [beɪd] ; NAmE [beɪd] BrE [bæd] ; NAmE [bæd] biddenBrE [ˈbɪdn] ; NAmE [ˈbɪdn] )or (bid·ding, bid, bid)
1. ~ (sb) good morning, farewell, etc. (formal)to say ‘good morning’, etc. to sb
•I bade farewell to all the friends I had made in Paris.
•I bade all my friends farewell.
2. ~ sb (do sth) (old use or literary)to tell sb to do sth
•He bade me come closer.
Verb forms:

Example Bank:
•He bade farewell to the city where he had been so happy.
•He bade her good day and left.