When Sony came back with a 2 billion bid, CBS could not refuse.
Source: tatoeba (50749)
Bid
//bɪd//
Synonyms for "bid" (161 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Strong matches (48)
Related words (80)
invocationinvocatory pleaissue a commandissue a writjew downlicklist pricemake a bidmake an offermake offermandatemarket pricemoveneat pricenegotiatenetobsecrationobtestationoffer to buyoffering
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19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Synonyms
4 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
49 entriesShowing 16 of 49 words.
has context
6 entriesis a
7 entriesmanner of
3 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
47 entriesShowing 16 of 47 words.
Translations
156 translations across 39 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- عَرْض noun (offer at an auction)
- عَطَاء noun (offer at an auction)
Armenian
2 entries- գնի առաջարկ noun (offer at an auction)
- հայտ noun (offer at an auction)
Bulgarian
4 entries- оферта noun (offer at an auction)
- анонсирам verb (transitive: to announce goal)
- заповядвам verb (to issue a command)
- каня verb (to invite)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 出價 /出价 noun (offer at an auction)
- 出價 /出价 verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
- 嘗試 /尝试 verb (intransitive: to make an attempt)
- 投標 /投标 verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
Czech
2 entries- nabídka noun (offer at an auction)
- žádat verb (to issue a command)
Danish
2 entries- bud noun (offer at an auction)
- byde verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
Dutch
4 entries- bod noun (offer at an auction)
- bidden verb (to utter a greeting or salutation)
- bieden verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
- bieden verb (transitive: to offer as a price)
Esperanto
2 entries- komandi verb (to issue a command)
- ordoni verb (to issue a command)
Finnish
4 entries- tarjous noun (offer at an auction)
- kutsua verb (to invite)
- käskeä verb (to issue a command)
- pyytää verb (to issue a command)
French
4 entries- enchère noun (offer at an auction)
- annoncer verb (transitive: to announce goal)
- demander verb (to issue a command)
- demander verb (to invite)
Galician
4 entries- poxa noun (offer at an auction)
- brindar verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
- gravecer verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
- obradar verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
German
4 entries- Bestrebung noun (attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal))
- Bewerbung noun (attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal))
- Gebot noun (offer at an auction)
- Streben noun (attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal))
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐍄𐌻𐌰𐌸𐍉𐌽 verb (to invite)
Greek
1 entries- προσφορά noun (offer at an auction)
Hebrew
1 entries- הצעת מחיר noun (offer at an auction)
Hungarian
4 entries- ajánl verb (transitive: to offer as a price)
- ajánlatot tesz verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
- bemond verb (transitive: to announce goal)
- elhív verb (to invite)
Italian
2 entries- offerta noun (offer at an auction)
- fare un'offerta per un'asta verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
Japanese
3 entries- 付け値 noun (offer at an auction)
- 値をつける verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
- 入札する verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
Latin
3 entries- licitatio noun (offer at an auction)
- liceor verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
- liceor verb (transitive: to offer as a price)
Low German
1 entries- beden verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
Māori
3 entries- piti noun (offer at an auction)
- piti verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
- piti verb (transitive: to offer as a price)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- bud noun (offer at an auction)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- bod noun (offer at an auction)
Occitan
4 entries- ofèrta noun (offer at an auction)
- demandar verb (to issue a command)
- dire verb (to utter a greeting or salutation)
- invitar verb (to invite)
Persian
1 entries- دو زن داری noun (offer at an auction)
Polish
4 entries- licytacja noun (offer at an auction)
- oferta noun (offer at an auction)
- licytować verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
- licytować verb (transitive: to offer as a price)
Portuguese
4 entries- lance noun (offer at an auction)
- licitação noun (offer at an auction)
- convidar verb (to invite)
- intimar verb (to issue a command)
Romanian
1 entries- ofertă noun (offer at an auction)
Russian
4 entries- зая́вка noun (offer at an auction)
- предлага́емая цена́ noun (offer at an auction)
- ста́вка noun (offer at an auction)
- предлага́ть це́ну verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- ponuda noun (offer at an auction)
Slovene
1 entries- ponúdba noun (offer at an auction)
Spanish
4 entries- licitación noun (offer at an auction)
- hacer una oferta verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
- licitar verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
- ofertar verb (transitive: to offer as a price)
Swedish
4 entries- bud noun (offer at an auction)
- bjuda verb (to invite)
- bjuda verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
- bjuda verb (transitive: to offer as a price)
Tagalog
1 entries- tampa noun (offer at an auction)
Thai
2 entries- ประมูล noun (offer at an auction)
- ประมูล verb (intransitive: to make an offer)
Turkish
1 entries- teklif noun (offer at an auction)
Ukrainian
2 entries- нака́зувати verb (to issue a command)
- наказа́ти verb (to issue a command)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sự trả giá noun (offer at an auction)
- sự đặt giá noun (offer at an auction)
Zazaki
4 entries- bid noun (offer at an auction)
- biden verb (to issue a command)
- biden verb (transitive: to offer as a price)
- dayen verb (to issue a command)
Sample sentences
32 total sentences available.
I'll bid farewell to this stinking school.
Source: tatoeba (60606)
I bid ten dollars for the old stove.
Source: tatoeba (257297)
I bid against him.
Source: tatoeba (260453)
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