bidding

[ bid-ing ]
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noun
  1. command; summons; invitation: I went there at his bidding.

  2. bids collectively, or a period during which bids are made or received: The bidding began furiously.

  1. a bid.

Idioms about bidding

  1. do someone's bidding, to submit to someone's orders; perform services for someone: After he was promoted to vice president at the bank, he expected everyone around him to do his bidding.

Origin of bidding

1
Middle English word dating back to 1125–75; see origin at bid1, -ing1

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British Dictionary definitions for bidding

bidding

/ (ˈbɪdɪŋ) /


noun
  1. an order; command (often in the phrases do or follow the bidding of, at someone's bidding)

  2. an invitation; summons

  1. the act of making bids, as at an auction or in bridge

  2. bridge a group of bids considered collectively, esp those made on a particular deal

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