Bidding

//ˈbɪdɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
That which one is bidden to do; a command.
"I still have lots of paperwork to do at the boss's bidding."
2
(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make wordnet
3
The act of placing a bid.
"Their biddings forced existing owners into ruinous competition; they mortgaged their ancestral acres to buy up outlying properties or round off their boundaries."
4
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something wordnet
5
a request to be present wordnet

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of bid form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

bid command advocacy beck beck and call behest

Example

"Money cannot be got at bidding."

Related phrases

bidding box bidding price do someone's bidding e-bidding

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