(Irregular preterit, past participle: bid; or: bade).
1. To ask for or request earnestly; SYN. beseech, entreat, adjure, press.
2. To make a bid for.
3. To make a demand in card games, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; SYN. call.

1. An attempt to get something; SYN. play.
2. A proposal to buy at a specified price; SYN. tender.
3. (Bridge) The number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make; SYN. bidding.

Latin bis in die: twice a day

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