Phrase Hound found 20 phrases and 25 compound words that contain bids. The most common are listed below. Open bids in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 20
- Automatic bids
- bids downthird-person singular simple present indicative of bid down: To lower the price of (something, such as a financial security or a contract) by bidding lower and lower prices.
- bids fairthird-person singular simple present indicative of bid fair: To have a reasonable claim; to seem likely.
- bids offthird-person singular simple present indicative of bid off: To receive property immediately after winning an auction for the property.
- bids upthird-person singular simple present indicative of bid up: To raise the price of (an item at auction) by bidding.
- bids wantedplural of bid wanted: An 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.
- commission bidsplural of commission bid: A bid at an auction placed by the auctioneer on behalf of a bidder not present in the room up to a pre-agreed maximum.
- limit bidsplural of limit bid: An offer to buy in an auction for any value up to a specified maximum.
- vendor bidsplural of vendor bid: A 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 …
- sealed bidsplural of sealed bid: A cost estimate, or a proposal to buy something, the value of which is kept secret from competitors until all such bids have been made.
- straw bidsplural of straw bid: A worthless bid; a bid for a contract which the bidder is unable or unwilling to fulfill.
- dummy bidsplural of dummy bid: A 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.
- donkey bidsplural of donkey bid: A fake bid at an auction, used by the auctioneer to raise the price and thus raise the commission.
- takeover bidsplural of takeover bid: An attempt to buy a controlling share in a business.
- bids defiance tothird-person singular simple present indicative of bid defiance to: To defy.
- bids adieuthird-person singular simple present indicative of bid adieu: To say goodbye (to), to bid farewell.
- pick bids off the wallOf an auctioneer, to acknowledge nonexistent bids, so as to fraudulently drive up the price for the actual competing bidders.
- picks bids off the wallthird-person singular simple present indicative of pick bids off the wall: Of an auctioneer, to acknowledge nonexistent bids, so as to fraudulently drive up the price for the actual competing bidders.
- picked bids off the wallsimple past and past participle of pick bids off the wall
- picking bids off the wallpresent participle and gerund of pick bids off the wall
Compound words 25
- forbidsthird-person singular simple present indicative of forbid: To disallow; to proscribe.
- BidstonA village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2890).
- amebidsplural of amebid: Any member of the family Amoebidae of certain amoebas.
- Arabidsplural of Arabid: A member of an Oriental race, thought to have originated in the Arabian Peninsula, and distinguished from the Mediterranid race by minor differences in facial traits.
- autobidsplural of autobid: A bid for a sports team to participate in a tournament, based on objective performance in prior competition.
- Ayubidsplural of Ayubid: Of or pertaining to the Ayyubid dynasty, a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Kurdish origin founded by Saladin and centred in Egypt.
- bidibidsplural of bidibid: A plant of species Acaena caesiiglauca, with spiny burrs, endemic to New Zealand.
- carabidsplural of carabid: Any of the family Carabidae, the ground beetles.
- colobidsplural of colobid: Any member of the Colobidae.
- columbidsplural of columbid: Any dove or pigeon in the family Columbidae.