(databases, Microsoft) Acronym of Business Intelligence Development Studio.

plural of bidness: pronunciation spelling of businesses.

(chiefly African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of business.

A fake bid at an auction, used by the auctioneer to raise the price and thus raise the commission.

plural of bid price

(finance) The price offered by a potential buyer when bidding for goods.

A cost estimate, or a proposal to buy something, the value of which is kept secret from competitors until all such bids have been made.

(business) A bid made at an auction, by a dummy bidder acting in collusion with the auctioneer or vendor, designed to deceive genuine bidders into paying more.

(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.