biddingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbɪd.ɪŋ/us/ˈbɪd.ɪŋ/bidding noun [ U ] (OFFER)
the act of offering to pay a particular amount of money for something, by different people:
Most of the bidding was done by phone.
open the bidding
to make the first offer of money for an object at a public sale of goods
(in some card games) the process of the players saying , before play starts, how many points they expect to win in a particular game:
In this course, we will cover the basics of Contract Bridge, including bidding, playing, and scorekeeping.
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Buying
- acquisitiveness
- approval
- bid
- bidding war
- bite
- brand loyalty
- bulk-buy
- import
- kick the tires idiom
- load up on sth
- money-off
- on the slate idiom
- order form
- order sth in
- over the counter idiom
- send out for sth
- shop around
- shopaholic
- shopping
- stock up
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bidding noun [ U ] (TELL)
at sb's bidding old-fashioned
You do something at someone's bidding if they have asked or told you to do it:
At my grandmother's bidding, I wore my best dress.
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Making appeals & requests
- a cry for help idiom
- appellate
- application
- ask for sb
- beseech
- besiege
- besought
- bum
- cri de coeur
- crowdsource
- freeloader
- gateway
- go over sb's head idiom
- hit
- hit sb up
- I'll thank you to do sth idiom
- pester
- petition
- request
- scrounge
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