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Bid Bidding Obtain Offer Pay Amount Money Million

word bid
definition
noun
A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it.
...the city's successful bid for European City of Culture.
The company said that it might cut 2,232 jobs in a bid to reduce costs.
A bid is an offer to pay a particular amount of money for something that is being sold .
Hanson made an agreed takeover bid of £351 million.
verb
If you bid for something or bid to do something, you try to obtain it or do it.
The German private equity group reiterated its interest in bidding for the company.
I don't think she is bidding to be Prime Minister again.
If you bid for something that is being sold, you offer to pay a particular amount of money for it.
She decided to bid for a Georgian dressing table.
The bank announced its intention to bid.
He certainly wasn't going to bid $18 billion for this company.
The bidding starts at £2 million.
inflections bidsbiddingbidding
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