bids

Noun

• an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
• an attempt to get something
• a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
• (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
• plural of bid

Verb

• propose a payment
• invoke upon
• ask for or request earnestly
• make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
• make a serious effort to attain something
• ask someone in a friendly way to do something
• third-person singular simple present indicative of bid

Synonyms

adjure, beseech, bid, bidding, call, command, conjure, dictation, entreat, invite, offer, play, press, tender, wish