Sentence examples for bid meaning from inspiring English sources
General Growth plans to ask a federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday to certify the Brookfield plan as a "stalking horse" bid, meaning that it would be the baseline offer to beat.
The Basquiat was one of six works in the auction that were guaranteed to sell thanks to what Sotheby's calls an irrevocable bid, meaning a contractual agreement with a buyer to purchase a work for an undisclosed sum.
General Growth is seeking to have the Brookfield plan certified as a "stalking horse" bid, meaning that it would essentially set the floor for offers in the auction process defined by bankruptcy rules.
The painting was being sold by Dakis Joannou, a Greek industrialist and it had what Sotheby's calls an irrevocable bid, meaning that before the sale, a buyer had already agreed to purchase the art for an undisclosed sum.
Pacific Century borrowed $13 billion to finance its bid, meaning the merged company will have a heavy debt load at a time when its core telephone business is under attack.
President Alberto K. Fujimori today fell just short of reaching a first-round victory in his re-election bid, meaning that a runoff will be held by early June, a surprise development that elated the opposition.
Investors can make noncompetitive bids, meaning that they will swap at prices decided on through the auction process.
The company also suspended three accounts that Mr. Walton used to trade art, accusing him of "shill bidding," meaning that he entered bids on his own sales.
After an arrangement with the university administration, sororities will now have open continuous bidding, meaning they could admit members throughout the year and so more women of color could be admitted.
The decision was the result of a blind tender, meaning that ministers were not allowed to know which firm had submitted which bid.
When Mayor Wolfgang Tiefensee of Leipzig picked up a cello and played "Dona Nobis Pacem" after the announcement earlier this year that Leipzig and Rostock would be candidates for Germany's 2012 Olympic bid, the meaning for eastern Germany was palpable.
