Meaning

4 senses
  1. Someone who bids (all senses), but most commonly, one offers to pay a specified price at an auction.

    The highest bidder shall get the house.

    Bieter, Bieterin

  2. One who commands or orders.

    someone who makes an offer

  3. (dated, rare)One who asks or invites.

    someone who makes a bid at cards

  4. (archaic)One who begs.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Who's the highest bidder?

    ruКто предложит самую высокую цену? — RusVictoric1993

  2. Sell it to the highest bidder.

    ruПродай это тому, кто предложит самую высокую цену. — RusVictoric1993

  3. The contract was awarded to the lowest bidder.

  4. The item will go to the highest bidder.

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  5. Ziri lost the auction to a higher bidder.

Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
someone who bids:

Origin

From Middle English bidder, biddere, equivalent to bid + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisi

From Middle English bidder, biddere, equivalent to bid + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bidder, German Bitter.

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Forms

plural: bidders
Singularbidder
Pluralbidders

regular

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bidder — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto