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Dominik Posted 20 years ago
Business & Finance

place a bid

Can I say "Please place a bid" or only "Please make a bid" ?

Thank you in advance.
  

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Place a bid is fine; I like it better than make , actually.

— Mister Micawber

  • Place a bid is fine; I like it better than make , actually.
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Place a bid is fine; I like it better than make, actually.
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Thank you very much for your reply. I'm asking because in my dictionaries is only make a bid, but on the Internet you can find also "place a bid"
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It might be a difference between the meanings of bid.

We make a bid for freedom but we place a bid in an auction.
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Thank you very much for your your explanation. It's odd that in dictionaries is only "make a bid for sth" [at auction].
and
make a bid for power/support
but
place an order;
place your bets!

Dictionaries aren't perfect
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