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〈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.
【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.
«…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.
〘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
(競売での) 【品物に対する】つけ値
e.g. several buyers made bids for the Van Gogh sketches.
e.g. a takeover bid.
【工事などへの】入札 «for» , ⦅主に米⦆ «on»
«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.
〘トランプ〙 せり札の宣言, ビッド(の順番); せり高
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⦅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