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# bidding

«bidding» in Mova's school dictionary: **Offering money for something at an auction** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (bidding, often uncountable; biddings rare); verb, -ing form of bid (bid, bids, bid, bidding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Offering money for something at an auction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bidding/#m1)

2) (old-fashioned) A command or request: «do someone's bidding» means to do what they tell you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bidding/#m2)

3) (verb) Making an offer, or (formal, old) saying something to someone, as in «bidding goodnight». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bidding/#m3)

4) (card games) Saying how many tricks you think you can win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bidding/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a servant or a magical creature does its master's bidding. In everyday life and on websites, bidding happens at auctions and on eBay. Phrases: at someone's bidding, bidding war, open the bidding.

### examples

- The bidding for the painting started at one hundred pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bidding/#x1)
- The genie did his master's bidding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bidding/#x2)
- Two people were bidding for the same bike online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bidding/#x3)
- The dog came at his bidding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bidding/#x4)
- She was bidding everyone goodnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bidding/#x5)
- A bidding war pushed the price up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bidding/#x6)
- “Madam, I have done your bidding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bidding/#x7)

### note

Spelling: double «d» – bidding. Past of bid for auctions is «bid»; in the old «say» sense it can be «bade». Maths: in an auction the highest bid wins.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bidding» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bidding/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.