rebid

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verb

To bid (command or summon) again.

“We had to rebid the contract when accusations of fraud by other competitors occurred.”

OriginEnglish bid ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrebid (third-person singular simple present rebids, present participle rebidding, simple past rebid, past participle rebid or rebidden)

present singular third person rebids · participle present rebidding · participle past rebidden

  1. To bid (command or summon) again.

    Alicia was surprised that Stefan had rebidden the Count from the shades.

    1980, Arthur Allen Cohen, Acts of Theft, page 268
  2. To bid again on something.
  3. To require a new set of bids for.

    We had to rebid the contract when accusations of fraud by other competitors occurred.

  4. bridgeTo bid a higher value of the current suit.
nounrebid (plural rebids)

plural rebids

  1. A second or subsequent (normally higher) bid.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishbid
  7. Englishrebid

From re- + bid.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

rebid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebid

MLA

“rebid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rebid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebid.

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