[intransitive, transitive] (bidding, bid, bid)

1. (Commerce 商业; Finance 金融) to offer to pay a particular price for sth, especially a company or its shares
   出价◆The company has said it may bid for South African Breweries.
   公司声称可能出价购买南非酿酒公司。◆How much did they bid?
   他们出价多少？  ➡  see note at tender

●ˌbid sth ˈup/ˈdownto pay or offer more/less money for sth than it is worth at the time, with the result that the price increases/decreases
哄抬／哄跌价钱；哄抬／哄跌标价◆There are people willing to buy several million shares and bid the price up.
有人愿意购买几百万股份，以便将价格抬高。