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verb offer money for sth PREP. against Two dealers bid against each other for the antique table. | for She bid £10,000 for the painting. offer to do work ADV. successfully PREP. for We have successfully bid for the contract., noun attempt ADJ. successful | failed, unsuccessful | desperate | takeover VERB + BID launch, make, mount A German firm launched a takeover bid for the company. | succeed in | fail in They failed in their bid to buy the holiday company. BID + VERB succeed | fail PREP. in a/the ~ He attacked his guards in a desperate bid for freedom. | ~ by a bid by the president to boost his popularity | ~ for This play was her last bid for recognition. PHRASES a bid for freedom/power, a bid to escape offer of a sum of money to buy sth ADJ. high | low | opening | cash VERB + BID make, put in, submit He made a cash bid for the company. | retract | call for, invite They have invited bids for the property. | increase, raise | accept PREP. ~ by/from a £24-million bid by a rival football club | ~ for a bid for the chair | ~ of a bid of £100
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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bid
verbs
put in a bid
• A big property developer has put in a bid for the land.
place a bid
• The gallery placed the highest bid of $2.5 million.
make a bid
• Paramount made a bid for the film rights to the book.
accept a bid
• The auctioneer may refuse to accept any bid below a certain price.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + bid
a high/low bid
• There were several high bids for the painting.
an opening bid
(= the first bid )
• The opening bid was only $10.
a final bid
• The unknown man was successful with a final bid of £9,500.
a takeover bid
(= an offer to buy another company )
• Staff are afraid that the takeover bid will threaten some of their jobs.
a hostile bid
(= an offer to buy another company that does not want to be bought )
• Airtours launched a £221m hostile bid for Owners Abroad.
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