Meaning of bidding in English

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Noun
bidding
Definitions
1. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
Derived terms
2. a request to be present
Examples
- « they came at his bidding »
Derived terms
- bid
- invite
3. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
Derived terms
- bid
- call

Famous quotes

« Auction houses run a rigged game. They know exactly how many people will be bidding on a work and exactly who they are. In a gallery, works of art need only one person who wants to pay for them. »
Jerry Saltz
« The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said 'Yes.' »
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« How can a doctor judge a woman's sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the sick ones know it is useless to say anything, for the answer will be that it is their imagination. »
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« Now, let me be clear. The path I lay out is not one paved with ever increasing government checks and cradle to grave assurance that government will always be the solution. If this election is a bidding war for who can promise the most goodies and the most benefits, I'm not your president. You have that president today. »
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