Bidding

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  • noun. A demand that something be done; a command.
  • noun. A request to appear; a summons.
  • noun. Bids considered as a group, as at an auction or in card games.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Invitation; command; order; a proclamation or notifying.
  • noun. The act of making an offer at an auction: as, the bidding was lively.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Command; order; a proclamation or notifying.
  • noun. The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction.
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  • verb. Present participle of bid.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a request to be present
  • noun. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
  • noun. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
  • Word Usage
    "A label bidding war ensued and after the deal was signed and the album recorded...the label chose not to release it."
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    auction  bid  bids  displeasure  summon  
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    Fiat  beck  beck and call  behest  behest  
    verb-stem
    bid