Gary Lineker

The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and it can affect their confidence and the overall performance of the national team on the pitch, let alone the bid to actually stage the competition.

English Footballer

Jon Huntsman, Sr.

When I bought companies, it was done on trust, on a one-on-one basis, and with the intention of taking care of employees. Today, it's about who can bid the highest. There's no personal interest. It's a different world and one that an entrepreneur like me doesn't like much.

American Philanthropist

Frank Deford

Thank you for listening. Thank you for abiding me. And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, I bid you goodbye and take my leave.

American Writer

Jeremy Hunt

I don't think the BBC supporting digital switchover is top slicing. Top slicing is putting the license fee up for grabs for other broadcasters to bid for.

British Politician

Hari Nef

When I don't wear makeup, it's not because I'm lazy, but it's me making this radical bid for the feminization of my body and being confident in that.

American Actress

George Santayana

Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine.

Spanish Philosopher

Ouida

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

English Novelist

Joseph Jacobs

The fate of the Celt in the British Empire bids fair to resemble that of the Greeks among the Romans.

Australian Historian

Robert Herrick

Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee.

English Poet

William Shakespeare

We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.

English Playwright

Used when participating in auctions, where you compete with others by offering money for items.

Auction Context

Can be used in contexts where you're negotiating a price, not only in formal auction settings.

Price Negotiation

Even as a command, 'bid' is polite and suggests respect, often in a formal setting.

Polite Requests

Commonly used in the context of farewells to convey a sense of finality and respect.

Farewell Usage

Emphasizes a person's intention and effort in trying to achieve a particular goal.

Striving for Goals

Suggests entering a competitive situation, like a sports competition or election.

Competitive Endeavor

Focuses on the financial aspect of 'bid' when buying something, emphasizes money involved.

Financial Offer

Indicates the final and highest offer that wins the item in an auction.

Auction Winner

 oil sands wants to ship their bid him in their oil their dirty crude through these narrow passageways and he said please help me can you do a story and help us keep these oil tankers out of there so I tried to think what could I do that would help bring attention to this area this sensitive fragile habitat and I thought I could do a story on the

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 And every time you turned up to go on a mission, you got paid in dragon kill points. They tracked these on a separate website. So they tracked their own private currency, and then players could bid afterwards for cool items they wanted -- all organized by the players themselves.

Tom Chatfield: 7 ways...

 both subtle and very important. In one recent study, researchers put ads on eBay for the sale of baseball cards. Some of them were held by white hands, others by black hands. They were the same baseball cards. The ones held by black hands got substantially smaller bids

Paul Bloom: Can...

 has gone up, so has his chances of winning a bid and how much he can charge. In other words, for SuperRabbits, reputation has a real world value. Now, I know what you might be thinking. Well, this isn't anything new. Just think of power sellers

Rachel Botsman: The...

 it works and this is the problem that it can constitute now another problem that a ton cost is we were looking for a big contract in Ghana my company and ran into a big problem with the aid group we were we won the bid guess who showed up

What will change Africa?...

 This question can be applied to so many different contexts. Is the way I'm thinking and acting helping or harming you, in your bid to get that promotion, to pass that exam, to recover from a heart attack? So many different ways.

3 secrets of resilient...

 This is an auction house game for preventing falls, designed to strengthen muscles and improve balance. As a patient, I need to do sit and stand movements, and when I stand up, I bid for the items I want to buy.

Cosmin Mihaiu: Physical...

 Whoever first collects a trio of either golden or silver hexagons can use their power to recreate the world. You’ve already bid 24 gems on the first, when you realize that your rival has a dastardly

Can you solve Dongle's...

 Six days out onto our summit bid, one day, the last day to base camp, we were hit by an avalanche and I sent this picture to my mom when we got back and I said, "Mom, we made it, we're back safe."

After the Avalanche:...

 ruthless competition to mate a male bids to enter a herd with females in season

Bid

To offer a certain amount of money for something, especially at an auction.

Often appears as...

To tell or ask someone to do something.

Often appears as...

Usage tips

An attempt or effort to achieve something.

Often appears as...

The amount of money offered for something, especially at an auction.

Often appears as...

Auction Context

Price Negotiation

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