Phrase Hound found 30 phrases and 77 compound words that contain bid. The most common are listed below. Open bid in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 30
- takeover bidAn attempt to buy a controlling share in a business.
- bid priceThe price offered by a potential buyer when bidding for goods.
- limit bidAn offer to buy in an auction for any value up to a specified maximum.
- bid-ask spreadThe difference between the prices quoted (by a market maker or an order book) for an immediate sale ("offer") and an immediate purchase ("bid") for stocks, futures contracts, options, or currency pairs.
- bid fairTo have a reasonable claim; to seem likely.
- sealed bidA cost estimate, or a proposal to buy something, the value of which is kept secret from competitors until all such bids have been made.
- bid rigginga conspiracy in which two or more competitors agree about who will submit the winning bid when there is a call for bids.
- bid downTo lower the price of (something, such as a financial security or a contract) by bidding lower and lower prices.
- bid offTo receive property immediately after winning an auction for the property.
- bid pricesplural of bid price: The price offered by a potential buyer when bidding for goods.
- bid upTo raise the price of (an item at auction) by bidding.
- commission bidA bid at an auction placed by the auctioneer on behalf of a bidder not present in the room up to a pre-agreed maximum.
- bid wantedAn announcement by an investor holding a commodity, currency, or security, indicating their intent in selling the product, and their readiness to entertain price bids for it.
- vendor bidA type of bid at an auction which is made by the auctioneer on behalf of the vendor, without any desire to buy the article. This is used as a tactic to keep the bids moving, or to persuade buyers to pay more, or merely to have a higher …
- bid shadingIn an auction, the practice of bidding less than what one believes the goods are worth.
- bid-ask spreadsplural of bid-ask spread: The difference between the prices quoted (by a market maker or an order book) for an immediate sale ("offer") and an immediate purchase ("bid") for stocks, futures contracts, options, or currency pairs.
- bid whistA partnership trick-taking variant of the card game whist, with a bidding element.
- bid adieuTo say goodbye (to), to bid farewell.
- bid hookA small boathook.
- bid one's timeMisconstruction of bide one's time and bode one's time.
- bid-worthyAlternative form of bidworthy: Worthy of a bid or offer
- what am I bidUsed by an auctioneer to inquire for offers on an item, thereby initiating the bidding process.
- bid hooksplural of bid hook: A small boathook.
- straw bidA worthless bid; a bid for a contract which the bidder is unable or unwilling to fulfill.
- dummy bidA bid made at an auction, by a dummy bidder acting in collusion with the auctioneer or vendor, designed to deceive genuine bidders into paying more.
Compound words 77
- bidderSomeone who bids (all senses), but most commonly, one offers to pay a specified price at an auction.
- forbidTo disallow; to proscribe.
- beadleA parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order.
- autobidA bid for a sports team to participate in a tournament, based on objective performance in prior competition.
- misbidTo injure; mistreat.
- biddanceSynonym of bidding: present participle and gerund of bid
- bidworthyWorthy of a bid or offer
- cuebidA bid of a suit that has already been bid by opponents.
- megabidA very large bid offered in order to acquire a company.
- prebidBefore a takeover bid.