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bidding

 noun
     
Related topics: Trade
bid‧ding [uncountable]
1BBT when you bid for goods, especially in an auction:
The bidding was brisk and sales went well.
2

at somebody's bidding

formal because someone has told you to
3

do somebody's bidding

formal to obey someone's requests or orders
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