Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993.
bid (n., v.)
The principal parts of the verb are bid, bade (pronounced BAD or BAID) or bid; and bidden, bid, or bade. Present tenses are identical for both clusters of meaning in She bids four spades and She bids you welcome. In the cards and auction cluster, however, only bid is past tense, as in Last night she bid her hands badly, while in the command and instruction cluster, the past tense can be either bade or bid, as in She bade [bid] us all good night. In the past perfect tense, bid is the only form for the cards and auction cluster, as in They had bid against each other at the auction, but for the other senses, three past participle forms are Standard: They had bidden [bid, bade] us gather around the piano.
The noun has a number of senses resulting from functional shift, but the sense meaning “an invitation to be a member” (He got a bid to join the country club) is limited to Conversational and Informal or Semiformal use.
