What does bidding mean?

Definitions for bidding
ˈbɪd ɪŋbid·ding

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. command, bid, bidding, dictationnoun

    an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

  2. bidding, summonsnoun

    a request to be present

    "they came at his bidding"

  3. bid, biddingnoun

    (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Biddingnoun

    Command; order.

    Etymology: from bid.

    How, say’st thou, that Macduff denies his person
    At our great bidding? William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    At his second bidding, darkness fled,
    Light shone, and order from disorder sprung. John Milton, Parad. Lost, b. iii. l. 712.

Wikipedia

  1. Bidding

    Bidding is an offer (often competitive) to set a price tag by an individual or business for a product or service or a demand that something be done. Bidding is used to determine the cost or value of something. Bidding can be performed by a person under influence of a product or service based on the context of the situation. In the context of auctions, stock exchange, or real estate, the price offer a business or individual is willing to pay is called a bid. In the context of corporate or government procurement initiatives, in Business and Law school students actively bid for high demand elective courses that have a maximum seat capacity though a course bidding process using pre allocated bidding points or e-bidding currency on course bidding systems. The price offer a business or individual is willing to sell is also called a bid. The term "bidding" is also used when placing a bet in card games. Bidding is used by various economic niches for determining the demand and hence the value of the article or property, in today's world of advanced technology, the Internet is a favoured platform for providing bidding facilities; it is a natural way of determining the price of a commodity in a free market economy. Many similar terms that may or may not use the similar concept have been evolved in the recent past in connection to bidding, such as reverse auction, social bidding, or many other game-class ideas that promote themselves as bidding. Bidding is also sometimes used as ethical gambling in which the prize money is not determined solely by luck but also by the total demand that the prize has attracted towards itself.

ChatGPT

  1. bidding

    Bidding is the process of offering a certain amount of money or price for a product, service or contract during an auction or other competitive situation, with the intention of purchasing or acquiring the said item. Generally, the item goes to the highest bidder, i.e., the one who offers the highest amount or price.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bidding

    of Bid

  2. Biddingnoun

    command; order; a proclamation or notifying

  3. Biddingnoun

    the act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction

Wikidata

  1. Bidding

    Bidding is an offer of setting a price one is willing to pay for something. A price offer is called a bid. The term may be used in context of auctions, stock exchange, card games, or real estate.Bidding is used by various economic niche for determining the demand and hence the value of the article or property, in today's world of advance technology, Internet is one of the most favourite platforms for providing bidding facilities, it is the most natural way of determining the price of a commodity in a free market economy.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BIDDING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bidding is ranked #152628 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Bidding surname appeared 107 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bidding.

    82.2% or 88 total occurrences were White.
    14% or 15 total occurrences were Black.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bidding in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bidding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of bidding in a Sentence

  1. Ronnie Kasrils:

    It was vital that Zuma had the heads of intelligence to do his bidding. It gives you the ability to dig up dirt on politicians and keep a close eye on opponents.

  2. Joe Biden:

    He understood that we're part of something bigger than ourselves... in that compromise isn't a dirty word. It's the cornerstone of democracy. Consensus is required in a democracy to get anything done, joe Biden're bidding this great American farewell, but Joe Biden know, as long as Joe Biden keep his spirit alive, as long as Joe Biden see each other not as enemies but as neighbors and colleagues, as long as Joe Biden remember that Joe Biden're here not to tear down but to build up -- as long as Joe Biden remember that -- then Taps will never sound for Bob Dole. For Bob will be with Joe Biden always.

  3. Leah Benton:

    But it's not like that in Austin now, you can't just have $ 30,000 in the bank and a good job and good income and go buy a house. You still have some trouble with the bidding wars and the multiple offers, and it just doesn't seem to be letting up.

  4. Aubrey McClendon:

    The charge that has been filed against me today is wrong and unprecedented, i have been singled out as the only person in the oil and gas industry in over 110 years since the Sherman Act became law to have been accused of this crime in relation to joint bidding on leasehold.

  5. Group Executive Chairman A.M. Naik:

    We are bidding in Africa and Far East -- the two territories that we have not concentrated on so much before. That will make up for any shortfall from the Middle East.

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