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rebid

rebid verb: to bid (command or summon) again.

Verb

rebid (third-person singular simple present rebids, present participle rebidding, simple past rebid, past participle rebid or rebidden)

  1. To bid (command or summon) again.
    • Alicia was surprised that Stefan had rebidden the Count from the shades.1980, Arthur Allen Cohen, Acts of Theft, page 268
  2. To bid again on something.
  3. To require a new set of bids for.
    • We had to rebid the contract when accusations of fraud by other competitors occurred.
  4. To bid a higher value of the current suit.

Noun

rebid (plural rebids)

  1. A second or subsequent (normally higher) bid.

Forms of rebid

Verb
third-person singular presentrebids
present participlerebidding
pastrebid
past participlerebid
past participlerebidden
Noun
pluralrebids

Past tense of rebid: rebid

Origin of rebid

From re- + bid.

Questions about rebid

What does rebid mean?
Rebid means to bid (command or summon) again.
What part of speech is rebid?
Rebid can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of rebid?
The past tense of rebid is rebid.

Words near rebid in the dictionary

  1. rebi
  2. rebias
  3. rebiased
  4. rebiases
  5. rebiasing
  6. rebid
  7. rebidden
  8. rebidder
  9. rebidders
  10. rebidding
  11. rebids

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