of bid-of bid-to make an offer of; to propose. specifically : to offer to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be done under a contract).-to offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc.-to proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known.-to order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.-to invite; to call in; to request to come.-imp. & p. p. of bid.-an offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a sum which one will give for something to be received, or will take for something to be done or furnished; that which is offered.-to pray.-to make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.