bid shopping on her bicycle. ing to ride a bicycle. bid 31 He’s learnbind bit the demand for payment. (NOTE: bins – binning – binned) bid /b d/ noun 1. an offer to buy something at a particular price His bid for the painting was too low. 2. an attempt to do something she made a bid for power she tried to seize power í verb to make an offer to buy something at an auction He bid £500 for the car. (NOTE: bids – bidding – bid) bind /ba nd/ verb 1. to tie someone’s hands or feet so they cannot move They bound her arms with a rope. 2. to tie. | bid 31 bit shopping on her bicycle. o He s learning to ride a bicycle. bid bid noun 1. an offer to buy something at a particular price o His bid for the painting was too low. 2. an attempt to do something she made a bid for power she tried to seize power verb to make an offer to buy something at an auction o He bid 500 for the car. note bids - bidding - bid big big adjective of a large size o I don t want a small car - I want a big one. o His father has the biggest restaurant in town. o I m not afraid of him - I m bigger than he is. o We had a big order from Germany. NOTE big - bigger -biggest bike baik noun a bicycle informal o He goes to school by bike. o If the weather s good we could go for a bike ride. bill bil noun 1. a piece of paper showing the amount of money you have to pay for something o The total bill came to more than 200. o Ask the waiter for the bill. o Don t forget to pay your gas bill. 2. same as beak o The bird was picking up food with its bill. 3. a proposal which if passed by parliament becomes law o Parliament will consider the education bill this week. o He has drafted a bill to ban the sale of guns. 4. US a piece of paper money o a 10-dol-lar bill billion biljon noun 1. one thousand million o The government raises billions in taxes each year. 2. one million million dated 3. a great many o Billions of Christmas cards are sent every year. NOTE In American English billion has always meant one thousand million but in British English it formerly meant one million million and it is still sometimes used with this meaning. With figures it is usually written bn 5bn say five billion dollars . bin bin noun 1. a container for putting rubbish in o Don t throw your litter on the floor - pick it up and put it in the bin. order to repair it o He s taking my old 2. a k keeping lhirlgs -n ảo clock to bas a b i a litile The paintbread ỉ T I ll lO thlSso iriai ng Va i r si o .1 lai vays plays away into a rubbish bin o He just binned that tune a bit too fast. o
