BIDDING definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
an order; command (often in the phrases do or follow the bidding of, at someone''s bidding)
an order; command (often in the phrases do or follow the bidding of, at someone''s bidding)
There are seven meanings listed in OED''s entry for the noun bidding, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ''Meaning & use'' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
BIDDING definition: 1. the act of offering to pay a particular amount of money for something, by different people: 2. Learn more.
command and order imply authority and usually some degree of formality and impersonality. command stresses official exercise of authority. order may suggest peremptory or arbitrary
BIDDING meaning: 1 : the act of offering to pay a particular amount of money for something the act of making bids at an auction; 2 : the act of offering to do a job for a particular price
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