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Synonyms
bid·ding (bĭd́ĭng)

noun 

  1. A demand that something be done; a command.
  2. A request to appear; a summons.
  3. Bids considered as a group, as at an auction or in card games: The bidding was higher than expected.
bid (bĭd)

[Middle English bidden, to ask, command (from Old English biddan; see gwhedh-), Middle English beden, to offer, proclaim (from Old English bēodan; see bheudh-).]

verb: bade (băd, bād) or bid, bid·den (bĭd́n) or bid, bid·ding, bids. 

transitive verb 

  1. To issue a command to; direct.
  2. To utter (a greeting or salutation).
  3. To invite to attend; summon.
  4. Games To state one's intention to take (tricks of a certain number or suit in cards): bid four hearts.
  5. To offer or propose (an amount) as a price.
  6. To offer (someone) membership, as in a group or club: “glancing around to be sure that he had been bid by a society that he wanted” (Louis Auchincloss)

intransitive verb 

  1. To make an offer to pay or accept a specified price: decided not to bid on the roll-top desk.
  2. To seek to win or attain something; strive.

noun 

    1. An offer or proposal of a price.
    2. The amount offered or proposed: They lost the contract because their bid was too high.
  2. An invitation, especially one offering membership in a group or club.
  3. Games
    1. The act of bidding in cards.
    2. The number of tricks or points declared.
    3. The trump or no-trump declared.
    4. The turn of a player to bid.
  4. An earnest effort to win or attain something: made a bid for the presidency.

phrasal verbs

bid in
To outbid on one's own property at an auction in order to raise the final selling price.
bid out
To offer (work) for bids from outside contractors.
bid up
To cause (a price) to rise by increasing the amount bid: bid up the price of wheat.

idioms

bid defiance
To refuse to submit; offer resistance to.
bid fair
To appear likely.

derivatives

bid́der
noun