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.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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