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1Bidding — is an offer (often competitive) of setting a price one is willing to pay for something. A price offer is called a bid . The term may be used in context of auctions, stock exchange or card games. Bidding up means rising a price for an item by a… …
2Bidding — Bid ding, n. 1. Command; order; a proclamation or notifying. Do thou thy master s bidding. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction. [1913 Webster] …
3bidding war — UK US noun [C] ► a situation in which several companies bid against each other to buy something, by each offering higher prices: »His third novel was the subject of an intense bidding war among New York publishers …
4bidding — [n1] command behest, call, charge, demand, dictate, direction, injunction, instruction, invitation, mandate, order, request, summons, word; concept 53 Ant. answer bidding [n2] offering of money, services advance, auction, invitation, offer,… …
5bidding — [bid′iŋ] n. 1. a command or request 2. an invitation or summons 3. the bids or the making of bids in a card game or auction do the bidding of to be obedient to; carry out the orders of …
6Bidding prayer — Bid ding prayer 1. (R. C. Ch.) The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Angl. Ch.) The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons. [1913 Webster] …
7bidding — index demand, directive, guidance, injunction, instruction (direction), invitation, monition (legal summons) …
8bidding — behest, *command, order, injunction, mandate, dictate Analogous words: direction, instruction (see corresponding verbs at COMMAND): summoning or summons, calling or call, citing or citation (see corresponding verbs at SUMMON) …
9bidding block — bidding block, 1. = auction block. (Cf. ↑auction block) 2. any market or place of selling to the highest bidder …
10Bidding box — A bidding box is a device used in contract bridge for the purpose of making the bidding easier. It is a plastic, wooden, or cardboard box with two slots, each holding a set of bidding cards. The back holder contains 35 cards with symbols of bids… …
