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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:18 pm Post subject: bid |
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| Our company made a bid to sell coffee beans at $10 per pound. |
Is it correct? I think that 'Our company made a bid to buy coffee beans at $10 per pound.' is correct instead of it. But I'm not sure.
Can you let me know whether I'm right or wrong with the reason why?
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cgage2
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:01 am Post subject: |
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I looked it up in Websters Dictionary.
A bid is an offer to buy, not to sell. But since English is so often twisted and misused, its possible that someone might make a bid to sell. English is evolving very quickly. |
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Lorikeet
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| What if there is a company that wants to buy coffee beans. They put out the information that they are taking bids. Each coffee bean company gives them a bid to get the business. So one company makes a bid to sell them for $10 a pound. (I have never heard it used for coffee beans, but I know people make bids on construction projects, so it's possible it's being used in that way.) |
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