Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Bidding — is an offer (often competitive) 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 or card games. Bidding up means rising a price for an item by a… … Wikipedia
Bidding — Bid ding, n. 1. Command; order; a proclamation or notifying. Do thou thy master s bidding. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bidding war — UK US noun [C] ► a situation in which several companies bid against each other to buy something, by each offering higher prices: »His third novel was the subject of an intense bidding war among New York publishers … Financial and business terms
bidding — [n1] command behest, call, charge, demand, dictate, direction, injunction, instruction, invitation, mandate, order, request, summons, word; concept 53 Ant. answer bidding [n2] offering of money, services advance, auction, invitation, offer,… … New thesaurus
bidding — [bid′iŋ] n. 1. a command or request 2. an invitation or summons 3. the bids or the making of bids in a card game or auction do the bidding of to be obedient to; carry out the orders of … English World dictionary
Bidding prayer — Bid ding prayer 1. (R. C. Ch.) The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Angl. Ch.) The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bidding — index demand, directive, guidance, injunction, instruction (direction), invitation, monition (legal summons) … Law dictionary
bidding — behest, *command, order, injunction, mandate, dictate Analogous words: direction, instruction (see corresponding verbs at COMMAND): summoning or summons, calling or call, citing or citation (see corresponding verbs at SUMMON) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
bidding block — bidding block, 1. = auction block. (Cf. ↑auction block) 2. any market or place of selling to the highest bidder … Useful english dictionary
Bidding box — A bidding box is a device used in contract bridge for the purpose of making the bidding easier. It is a plastic, wooden, or cardboard box with two slots, each holding a set of bidding cards. The back holder contains 35 cards with symbols of bids… … Wikipedia
Bidding fee scheme — A bidding fee scheme is a grey area business model for online auction sites that allow them to make large profit margins on goods by charging non refundable fees for bidding.In the most common form of the business model, the products are supplied … Wikipedia
