{
    "term": "bid",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an offer by a person or a company to pay a particular amount of money for something",
            "sensetop": "bid for somethingbid on something",
            "labels": "(North American English also)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A German firm launched a **takeover bid** for the company.",
                    "contextForm": "bid for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "At the auction *(= a public sale where things are sold to the person who offers the most)*, the highest bid for the picture was £200."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the highest bid on the picture",
                    "contextForm": "bid on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Any more bids?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I placed a bid on a repossessed Ferrari."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He made a cash bid for the company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have invited bids for the property."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They blocked a $24 million bid by a rival company."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Art", "Shopping", "Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "low", "opening"],
                "verb + bid": ["make", "place", "put in"],
                "bid + noun": ["price", "process"],
                "preposition": ["bid by", "bid from", "bid for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an offer to do work or provide a service for a particular price, in competition with other companies, etc.",
            "sensetop": "bid (for something)bid (on something)",
            "labels": "(North American English also)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The company submitted a bid for the contract to clean the hospital."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "tender",
            "topics": ["Business"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an effort to do something or to obtain something",
            "sensetop": "bid for somethingbid to do something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a bid for power",
                    "contextForm": "bid for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a desperate bid to escape from his attackers",
                    "contextForm": "bid to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He attacked his guards in a desperate bid for freedom."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This play was her last bid for recognition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a bid by the president to boost his popularity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They failed in their bid to buy the company."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["successful", "failed", "unsuccessful"],
                "verb + bid": ["launch", "make", "mount"],
                "bid + verb": ["succeed", "fail"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the bid", "bid by", "bid for"],
                "phrases": ["a bid for freedom", "a bid for power", "a bid to escape"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a statement of the number of points a player thinks they will win",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪd/",
                "audio": "bi/bid/bid__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪd/",
                "audio": "bi/bid/bid__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}