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.
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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181 However, if we continue to have a milder climate, it could mount a takeover bid in the garden.
182 The attack bore all the hallmarks of a loyalist murder bid.
183 Since a failed bid for the 1992 team, she became a mom.
184 However, because a Court Scheme requires the co-operation of the target it is not a viable alternative to a hostile bid.
185 Even if the race-track owners lose their bid, neighbouring tribes will get the machines too.
186 They began to sell their land and, in a final bid to avoid starvation, started to flock to Calcutta.
187 Schoellkopf responded with a successful bid of $ 71, 000.
188 Hilton and Boomtown previously made an unsuccessful bid for a license in Lawrenceburg, Ind.
189 The nameplate Preston Guild which can be yours for the highest bid.
190 The measure, considered a long-shot bid, failed when the Communists could not muster enough votes to pass it.
191 He is from Sao Paulo, but failed in a bid to become the city's mayor in 1996.
192 And initial notification of such a takeover bid is almost never made by letter, for secrecy reasons.
193 Carol Embury failed in her bid to win control of Swindon three years ago.
194 The lady prioress, a pure wool cloak wrapped around her, came down to bid us adieu.
195 I bid you adieu.
196 If the auctioneer is not clear about a bid, he will ask.
197 But the grand design was torpedoed when Lord Hanson made a bid for Imperial that shareholders found impossible to resist.
198 If the shares are retained, the investor is offered a mid-market rather than a bid price.
199 They danced, and he made an unsuccessful bid on a weekend at Hilton Head.
200 I bid a fond farewell to the stack of porno mags beside my bed.
201 The parents of Allitt's victims have already failed in a court bid to force a public inquiry.
201 Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.
202 Last year Pilkington was regarded as the company still most likely to face a takeover bid, according to analysts.
203 Caradon also refused to comment, but has already announced that it was involved in talks which could lead to a bid.
204 Mr Clerides, 73, who was making his third bid for the presidency, was far more reserved about the proposals.
205 War criminals kept from trial, page 8 Labour loses final bid to curb donations.
206 Or as a desperate bid to get Aviemore to come up with the money?
207 GEC/Siemens raised their bid to ￡2 billion in August 1989 and this proved sufficient to end the long running battle.
208 But his bid backfired when Anne got a court order banning Bill, 70, from living within 20 miles of her.
209 The camera does not seem to have made the take-over bid for his active imagination that other people record.
210 It will allocate them in descending order from the highest priced bid to the lowest.
More similar words: forbid.