bidding

Universal Words noun [U] 1 the act of offering prices, especially at an AUCTION: There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. * Several companies remained in the bidding. * A bidding war for the textile firm erupted. 2 the act of offering to do sth or to provide sth for a particular price: competitive bidding for the contract 3 (in some card games) the process of stating the number of points that players think they will win 4 (old-fashioned or formal) what sb asks or orders you to do: to do sb's bidding (= to obey sb) * At his father's bidding (= because his father asked him to) he wrote to his lawyer.