see bid
1bid fair — To seem likely • • • Main Entry: ↑bid bid fair see under ↑bid1 • • • Main Entry: ↑fair * * * bid fair : to seem likely a movie that bids fair to become a big hit [=a movie that will probably be very successful] …
2Bid — Bid, v. i. [See {Bid}, v. t.] 1. To pray. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take. [1913 Webster] …
3bid ask spread — See bid offer spread. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary …
4bid — 1) The price at which a buyer is willing to close a deal. If the seller has made an offer that the buyer considers too high, the buyer may make a bid at a lower price (or on more advantageous terms). Having received a bid, the seller may accept… …
5bid — 1) The price or yield at which a buyer indicates that he or she is willing to buy a financial obligation. See: bid price 2) An approach by one company to buy the share capital of another. See: takeover bid …
6Bid whist — is a variant, played in the United States, of the classic card game, whist. As indicated by the name, bid whist adds a bidding element to the game that is not present in classic whist. It is generally accepted that the game of bridge came from… …
7Bid Euchre — Origin United States Alternative name(s) Hoss, Pfeffer, Fifer …
8bid — 1 / bid/ vb bid, bid·ding vt: to offer (a price) for payment or acceptance vi: to make a bid: state what one will pay or take in payment a contractor bidding for a job bid·der n bid 2 …
9bid and asked — ˌbid and ˈasked adjective FINANCE relating to the highest price a buyer is willing to pay and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept: • The OTC Bulletin Board will provide bid and asked quotes on the smaller stocks. * * * bid and asked UK …
10bid — vb 1 *command, order, enjoin, direct, instruct, charge Analogous words: *summon, summons, call, cite Antonyms: forbid Contrasted words: prohibit, enjoin, interdict, inhibit (see FORBID) 2 *invite, solicit, court, woo …
