(finance) A type of bid at an auction which is made by the auctioneer on behalf of the vendor, without any desire to buy the article. This is used as a tactic to keep the bids moving, or to persuade buyers to pay more, or merely to have a higher price to report if the property is passed in. Such a bid is in essence a fiction; if not clearly announced as such, it approaches the deliberate deception of a dummy bid.

(usually followed by "to") To have a reasonable claim; to seem likely.

(Britain) An attempt to buy a controlling share in a business.

(archaic, Catholicism) To pray with beads, in Roman Catholic fashion, distinguishing each bead by a prayer.

A small boathook.

(law) a conspiracy in which two or more competitors agree about who will submit the winning bid when there is a call for bids.

plural of bid hook

plural of bid rigging

plural of bidding box

(bridge) A box holding cards with calls printed on them, allowing a player to bid without speaking.