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 exercise. bid …

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 …

BIDDING definition: 1. the act of offering to pay a particular amount of money for something, by different people: 2…. Learn more.

do someone's bidding, to submit to someone's orders; perform services for someone. After he was promoted to vice president at the bank, he expected everyone around him to do his bidding.

bidding (ˈbɪdɪŋ) n 1. an order; command (often in the phrases do or follow the bidding of, at someone's bidding) 2. an invitation; summons 3. the act of making bids, as at an auction or in bridge

A person's bidding is what he or she tells you to do for them. You do your brother's bidding when he asks you to bring him his shoes and you comply.

Definition of bidding noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.