Synonym: ask, command, direct, enjoin, instruct, invite, order. Similar words: forbid. Meaning: [bɪd] n. 1. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something 2. an attempt to get something 3. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price 4. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make. v. 1. propose a payment 2. invoke upon 3. ask for or request earnestly 4. make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands 5. make a serious effort to attain something 6. ask someone in a friendly way to do something.
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151 Only when a firm is put into play or bid for is the management's performance given any scrutiny.
152 Laporte won the battle with a £129.4m offer and Wassall responded by abandoning its hostile bid.
153 The largest spread allowed between offer and bid prices is 15 percent of net asset value.
154 Fox and Associates greatly appreciates the opportunity to bid on this project. 16.
155 She took on the alias in a bid to avoid publicity when dealing with her solicitor Paul Butner.
156 Time allowed 00:18 Read in studio A brewery which fought off a hostile takeover bid last year has announced record profits.
157 But even without another huge bid, Hanson will forge ahead.
158 There is a good argument for amending clause 28 on Report to enable institutions such as those in Croydon to bid direct.
159 Comsat, the Washington satellite firm, has put in a bid for all the craft.
160 In October, the performers lost a three-month legal bid to replace Kipperman.
161 The rumours killed Rachel Jackson before hubby took office, just as they had killed his 1824 presidential bid.
162 Mark Chapman, who shot John Lennon dead 20 years ago, has lost his first bid for parole.
163 Currys was taken over in 1984, two years before the unsuccessful £1.8billion bid for Woolworths.
164 Knox made a desperate bid to get in front at the last corner but Martin held his line and emerged the winner.
165 For the bold punter, a bid above 100p is unlikely without some signs of positive management action to stabilise cash flow.
166 Dole, who needs conservative activists' support for his presidential bid.
167 The move follows an unsuccessful bid by Mr Foster to get the board to reinstate the facility Teesdale farmers regard as essential.
168 Read in studio An aerospace company will hear tomorrow whether it has managed to fight off a takeover bid.
169 INFRA-RED remote control receivers are to be installed at some of Darlington's top attractions in a bid to encourage disabled users.
170 Edinburgh-based Dragon launched the all-paper bid for its rival Far Eastern trust last month.
171 The Mayor has decided that the nameplate will go to the highest bid received by post.
171 Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.
172 We're vulnerable to another takeover bid, especially if there's another recession.
173 The definition of insider dealing would be expanded to include those contemplating a takeover bid as well as people using inside information.
174 Mr Mates was the efficient stage manager of Michael Heseltine's almost successful bid for the premiership.
175 It has also launched a bid to overturn a ban on the use of vast factory whaling ships.
176 Powell lost his bid to have his ally Richard Armitage, appointed as deputy defence secretary under Rumsfeld.
177 He and his wife Sandra contributed a total of $ 750 to her failed bid for county office.
178 Then Vernage noticed Sergeant King staggering down the road in a desperate bid to flag down a car.
179 The minimum possible bid price is equal to the cancellation price.
180 Thursday San Antonio -- $ 51 million of Series 1996 securities, via competitive bid.
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