plural of bid
"The auctioneer accepted all four bids before gaveling down the rare painting to the highest bidder."
In plain English: Bids are offers to pay money for something, usually during an auction.
"The highest bidder won the antique vase at the auction."
Usage: As a noun, bids refers to multiple formal offers made during an auction or competitive process to secure goods or services. You should use this term when describing several distinct attempts by different parties to win a contract or purchase an item at the highest price.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bid
"The contractor bids on every project before submitting his price estimate."
In plain English: To bid means to offer something, like money, with the hope of getting it.
"I placed a high bid on the antique vase at the auction."
Usage: Use bids to describe the act of making a formal offer or proposal, such as when an auctioneer says he bids on an item or a company bids for a contract. Do not use it to mean requesting permission or asking for something politely, which is the function of ask or request.
Acronym of Business Intelligence Development Studio.
"The developer installed BIDS to create a new data warehouse solution for the company's financial reports."
Bids is the third-person singular present form of the verb bid, which originates from Old English bidan or biddan. Its original meaning was to ask or request something.