bids

Noun

bid (plural bids)

1. An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
   • His bid was $35,000.
2. (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
   • Nice bid!
3. An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).
   • Their efforts represented a sincere bid for success.
4. (trucking) A particular route that a driver regularly takes from their domicile.
   • I can’t stand this new bid I’m on, even if the mileage is better.
5. (slang) A prison sentence.
   • So we ‘lawyered up’. That’s how they say it in the bucket, son, where I did an eight-hour bid.2007, Psych (TV series)

   Synonyms:

   bit

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