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Engagement vs Bid - What's the difference?

engagement | bid |

As nouns the difference between engagement and bid

is that engagement is an appointment, especially to speak or perform while bid is an offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.

As an initialism BID is

Bis in die: twice a day, two times per day.

As a verb bid is

to issue a command; to tell.

engagement

English

Noun

(wikipedia engagement) (en noun)
  • (countable) an appointment, especially to speak or perform
    • The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.
  • (uncountable) connection or attachment
    • Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle.
  • (countable or uncountable) the period of time when marriage is planned or promised
    • We are enjoying a long engagement , but haven't yet set a date.
  • In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.
    • The engagement resulted in many casualties.
  • (fencing) the point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.
    • After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail .

    Derived terms

    * engagement ring

    Related terms

    * engage

    Derived terms

    * disengagement

    See also

    * battle * campaign ----

    bid

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • (medicine) Bis in die : twice a day, two times per day.
    • Commonly written as: "amoxicillin 500 mg BID ", read as: "amoxicillin totalling 500 milligram dosage (daily total), taken two times a day".

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