bid

noun5

1. •
   an offer of a price, either to buy something at a public sale or to be paid for doing a job

   • His bid was $35,000.
   • The company tendered a bid for a lucrative transport contract.
2. •
   A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.

   • Nice bid!
3. •
   An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).

   • Their efforts represented a sincere bid for success.
   • She put in her bid for the presidency.
4. •
   (slang) A prison sentence.

   • So we ‘lawyered up’. That’s how they say it in the bucket, son, where I did an eight-hour bid. — 2007
5. •
   A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.

   • I can’t stand this new bid I’m on, even if the mileage is better.

verb9

1. •
   To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.

   • Have you ever bid in an auction?
2. •
   To offer as a price; to tender.

   • She bid £2000 for the Persian carpet.
3. •
   To make an attempt.

   • He was bidding for the chance to coach his team to victory once again.
4. •
   To utter a greeting or salutation.

   • Portia: If I could bid the fifth welcome with so good heart as I / can bid the other four farewell, I should be glad of his / approach; […] — 1596
5. •
   To issue a command; to tell.

   • He bade me come in.
6. •
   To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
7. •
   To invite; to summon.

   • She was bidden to the wedding.
8. •
   To take a particular route regularly.

   • I can’t believe he bid the Syracuse turn; that can be brutal in the winter!
9. •
   (no longer used) To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray.

   • All night she spent in bidding of her bedes, / And all the day in doing good and godly deedes. — 1590

adverb1

1. •
   twice a day, two times per day

   • It has been repeatedly documented that moving patients from a TID dosing regimen to BID or OD vastly improves compliance, and thus the medicine's effectiveness. — 2014

noun1

1. •
   Acronym of business improvement district.