bidding

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪdɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪdɪŋ

Verb

bidding

1. present participle and gerund of bid

Noun

bidding (plural biddings)

1. That which one is bidden to do; a command.
   • 1868, Fulwar William Fowle, Sermons preached in the cathedral church of Salisbury, page 172:

     Do their biddings, and they will lead you to "whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report."

2. The act of placing a bid.
   • 1912, Rowland Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle, English Farming, Past and Present, page 322:

     Their biddings forced existing owners into ruinous competition; they mortgaged their ancestral acres to buy up outlying properties or round off their boundaries.

Derived terms

• bidding box
• bidding price
• do someone's bidding
• e-bidding

 

Translations

that which one is bidden to do; a command — see command

act of placing a bid

• Latin: licitātiō f