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verb (bids, bidding; past and past participle bid) with object
offer (a certain price) for something, especially at an auction:
〈人が〉(競売で) 【品物に】値をつける; 【人と】せり合う «against»
e.g. a consortium of dealers bid a world record price for a snuff box
e.g. what am I bid?
〈人が〉(競売で) «…に» 〈金額〉をつける «for»
e.g. no object : guests will bid for pieces of fine jewelry.
no object (bid for) (of a contractor) offer to do (work) for a stated price; tender for:
【工事などに】入札する «for» , ⦅主に米⦆ «on»
e.g. nineteen companies have indicated their intention to bid for the contract.
no object (bid for) make an effort or attempt to achieve:
«…を» 手に入れようとする «for» ; «…しようと» 努める «to do»
e.g. the two freshmen are bidding for places in the varsity swim team.
Bridge make a statement during the auction undertaking to make (a certain number of tricks with a stated suit as trumps) if the bid is successful and one becomes the declarer:
〘トランプ〙 〈競り札〉を宣言[ビッド]する
e.g. North bids four hearts
〘トランプ〙 せり高を宣言する, ビッドする.
e.g. no object : with this hand, South should not bid.

noun
an offer of a price, especially at an auction:
(競売での) 【品物に対する】つけ値
e.g. several buyers made bids for the Van Gogh sketches.
an offer to buy the shares of a company in order to gain control of it:
e.g. a takeover bid.
【工事などへの】入札 «for» , ⦅主に米⦆ «on»
an attempt or effort to achieve something:
«地位などを得ようとする/…しようとする» 試み, 努力, 企て «for/to do» ; 【催し物への】立候補 «for»
e.g. with infinitive : an investigation would be carried out in a bid to establish what had happened
e.g. she did not hesitate to help him make a bid for the presidency.
Bridge an undertaking by a player in the auction to make a stated number of tricks with a stated suit as trumps.
〘トランプ〙 せり札の宣言, ビッド(の順番); せり高

ORIGIN
Old English bēodan‘to offer, command’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bieden and German bieten.

[*** \mathrm{bid}^2] |bid|

verb (bids, bidding; past bid or bade |bad, bād| ; past participle bid) with object
1. utter (a greeting or farewell) to:
⦅かたく・文⦆ ; 〖~ A B/B to A〗 〈人が〉A〈人〉にB〈あいさつ・別れの言葉〉を言う, 述べる
e.g. a chance to bid farewell to their president.
2. archaic or literary command or order (someone) to do something:
⦅文・古⦆ «…するよう» 〈人〉に言いつける, 命じる «to do» (!現在ではtell, orderなどの〖動詞〗を使う方が普通)
e.g. I did as he bade me.
invite (someone) to do something:
e.g. he bade his companions enter.

PHRASES
archaic or literary seem likely to:
e.g. the girl bade fair to be pretty.

ORIGIN
Old English biddanask’, of Germanic origin; related to German bitten.