BIDDING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BIDDING?

Need another word that means the same as “bidding”? Find 18 synonyms and 30 related words for “bidding” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Bidding” are: bid, summons, command, dictation, auction, bids, offers, tenders, order, instruction, dictate, decree, injunction, demand, mandate, direction, charge, call

Bidding as a Noun

Definitions of "Bidding" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bidding” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
• The prices offered during the course of bidding for something.
• The offering of particular prices for something, especially at an auction.
• The number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make.
• (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make.
• (in bridge and whist) the action of stating before play how many tricks one intends to make.
• A request to be present.
• The ordering or requesting of someone to do something.

Synonyms of "Bidding" as a noun (18 Words)

auction	The part of the play in which players bid to decide the contract in which the hand shall be played. The books are expected to fetch a six figure sum at tomorrow s auction.
bid	An attempt to get something. A takeover bid.
bids	An authoritative direction or instruction to do something. He made a bid to gain attention.
call	A direction in a square dance given by the caller. The salesman s call on a customer.
charge	The price charged for some article or service. Our standard charge for a letter is 25.
command	The power or authority to command. An officer took command.
decree	The issuing of a decree. The decree guaranteed freedom of assembly.
demand	The act of demanding. A series of demands for far reaching reforms.
dictate	A guiding principle. The dictates of reason.
dictation	The activity of taking down a passage that is dictated by a teacher as a test of spelling, writing, or language skills. He signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it.
direction	Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. He had a terrible sense of direction.
injunction	A judicial order restraining a person from beginning or continuing an action threatening or invading the legal right of another, or compelling a person to carry out a certain act, e.g. to make restitution to an injured party. Injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order.
instruction	A code in a program which defines and carries out an operation. Our instruction was carefully programmed.
mandate	A document giving an official instruction or command. He called an election to seek a mandate for his policies.
offers	A usually brief attempt. A generous offer of assistance.
order	A thing made supplied or served as a result of an order. She was admitted to hospital under a guardianship order.
summons	A request to be present. A summons for non payment of a parking ticket.
tenders	A formal proposal to buy at a specified price.

Usage Examples of "Bidding" as a noun

• Other companies in the bidding include General Electric.
• Women came running at his bidding.
• The bidding rose to £280,000.
• Balfour refused to do their bidding.
• They came at his bidding.

Associations of "Bidding" (30 Words)

auction	Sell or offer for sale at an auction. The painting was auctioned at Christie s.
auctioneer	Sell at an auction.
augmentation	An addition to a coat of arms granted as a mark of special honour. The augmentation of the curriculum with new subjects.
bidder	Someone who makes an offer. She was the highest bidder for this rare portrait.
boom	Make a resonant sound, like artillery. Thunder boomed in the sky.
buy	Be worth or be capable of buying. Money can t buy happiness.
efficiency	An action designed to achieve efficiency. She did the work with great efficiency.
enlarge	Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. She enlarged the flower beds.
escalate	Increase in extent or intensity. The disturbance escalated into a full scale riot.
growth	Something grown or growing. The government aims to get growth back into the economy.
haggle	Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc. Let s not haggle over a few dollars.
improve	Make or become better. Efforts to improve relations between the countries.
increase	The amount by which something increases. The boss finally increased her salary.
increment	A regular increase in salary on an incremental scale. All sizes from 4 30 mm in 1 mm increments.
inflated	Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness. You have a very inflated opinion of your worth.
inflation	Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity. Tax allowances and excise duties were increased in line with inflation.
inflationary	Characterized by or tending to cause monetary inflation. Succeeding governments tried to reduce inflationary pressures.
price	Determine the price of. He puts a high price on his services.
productivity	The quality of being productive or having the power to produce. Nutrient rich waters with high primary productivity.
profitability	The degree to which a business or activity yields profit or financial gain. Profitability may not improve until well into next year.
purchaser	A person who buys. One of the club s prospective purchasers.
rise	The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises. It was here that the brook had its rise.
sell	An act of selling or attempting to sell something. It was a hard sell.
soar	Go or move upward. The cost of living continued to soar.
stagflation	Persistent high inflation combined with high unemployment and stagnant demand in a country’s economy.
surge	Increase suddenly and powerfully. An upsurge in violent crime.
underbid	Bid (a hand of cards) at less than the strength of the hand warrants. The average player underbids his small hands.
upsurge	A sudden forceful flow. An upsurge in vandalism and violent crime.
wage	Carry on (a war or campaign. Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe.
wholesale	At a wholesale price. The wholesale destruction of these animals by poachers.