bidder

[bid-er]

noun

1. a person who bids or offers a particular amount to purchase something, usually in competition with other potential buyers.

2. a person or company that bids or proposes a particular amount as a charge to complete a project or service, often competitively.

3. Cards.,  a player who makes a bid of a particular quantity or suit.

Example Sentences

Both tables were sold to phone bidders, with the record offer coming from a buyer in Yorkshire.

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After roughly five minutes of dogged competition between a pair of telephone bidders, it sold for $54.7 million.

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The house also sent the piece on an international preview tour to potential bidders in London, Paris, Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong.

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Thursday’s entry of new bidders could boost the value of the struggling media company to more than $60 billion.

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It’s less likely that Warner Discovery’s board would accept such an offer, which would leave it trying to find another bidder for its legacy TV networks, Joyce said.

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Related Words

• adversary 
• aspirant 
• candidate 
• challenger 
• competitor 
• enemy 
• foe 
• opposition 
• player 
• rival