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

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

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.

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Idioms 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.

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 …

an order; command (often in the phrases do or follow the bidding of, at someone's bidding)

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.

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