Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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bid | Yes | No | Yes | No |
contract | Yes | No | Yes | No |
bid (noun) | contract (noun) |
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an attempt to get something | a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid |
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price | a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law |
(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make | (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make |
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something |
bid (verb) | contract (verb) |
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ask someone in a friendly way to do something | be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness |
invoke upon | make or become more narrow or restricted |
ask for or request earnestly | become smaller or draw together |
propose a payment | reduce in scope while retaining essential elements |
make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands | compress or concentrate |
make a serious effort to attain something | enter into a contractual arrangement |
make smaller | |
squeeze or press together | |
engage by written agreement |