bid : Idioms & Phrases
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any-and-all bid
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noun a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to buy any and all shares outstanding
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bid price
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noun (stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security
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bidding contest
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noun a series of competing bids
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bidding prayer
Bid"ding prayer`
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(R. C. Ch.) The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon. -
(Angl. Ch.) The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons.
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buyout bid
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noun a bid to buy all of a person's holdings
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by-bid
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verb bid on behalf of someone else
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preemptive bid
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noun a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding
pre-empt; preempt.
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slo-bid
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noun a colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator
Theobid; theophylline; Elixophyllin.
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Straw bid
- a worthless bid; a bid for a contract which the bidder is unable or unwilling to fulfill. Colloq. U.S.
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takeover bid
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noun an offer to buy shares in order to take over the company
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To bid beads
- to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics; to distinguish each bead by a prayer. Obs.
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To bid defiance , To set at defiance
- to defy; to disregard recklessly or contemptuously.
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To bid defiance to
- to defy openly; to brave.
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To bid fair
- to offer a good prospect; to make fair promise; to seem likely.
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To bid welcome
- to receive with professions of kindness.
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two-tier bid
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noun a takeover bid where the acquirer offers to pay more for the shares needed to gain control than for the remaining shares