Bid and Want

Bid

Bid noun - An effort to do or accomplish something.

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Want and bid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Want" instead the word "Bid" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: bidding, bidder, biding, bided

Want noun - The fact or state of being absent.

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Bid and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bid" instead the word "Want" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

old	old bid	old want
good	good bid	good want
best	best bid	best want
total	total bid	total want
Other adjectives: original, straight, actual, little, decent, personal, heroic, desperate, ruthless, last, different, mad, failed, higher, safest.

love	bid love	want love
people	bid people	want people
name	bid name	want name
chance	bid chance	want chance
Other words: number, time, way, anyone, times, friends.

There are also cases of contestants starting out with a whammy bid if they really want to avoid a sabotage; the current record for an initial bid is ten thousand dollars.

Source: Whammy Bid
A slight variation occurs in Slayers Next when Lina and The Rival are one-upping each other bidding on an item Xellos (who doesn't want to sell) has, where Lina only raises her bid by one every time.

Source: Whammy Bid
You can pay bounty to get them to attack whichever other players you want (just make sure you pay attention: the AI loves to counter-bid at the last second).

Source: Video Game / Sins of a Solar Empire

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