bidder
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- noun
- /ˈbɪdər/
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postor
- At the auction, the bidder raised his paddle to indicate his offer for the painting.
- the highest bidder
- the winning bidder
- a bidder at auction
Then they'll sell it to the highest bidder, any network.
- Then they'll sell it to the highest bidder, any network.
- And you take usually the highest bidder, but not always.
- He sells standard and chemical weapons to the highest bidder in the Middle East.
- The contents have been X-rayed, verified, going once, going twice, sold to the online bidder, moving on.
- And most, in almost every case, China wins the tender because they're the cheapest bidder.
- And and then after they taught me so much, they had sold me to the highest bidder.
- And I subsequently found out that the other bidder on the item was John, which he told me himself.
- So in fact, theoretically, the same bidder should win at the same price whether I hold a Dutch or a sealed bid.
- Loral was awarded a second Navy contract and informed Austin that Austin would be awarded only those subcontracts for which it was the lowest bidder.
- Of course, the universe of merger SPAC bidders is smaller than the universe of IPO investors, so the actual clearing price for a SPAC could well be lower.
- You go to the highest bidder and the most power.
- call to the highest bidder and it's at the centre of my house
- It's called to the highest bidder and it's at the centre of my house
Examples
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Fourth, the performance contract would be sold to the highest bidder if the auction revenues exceed the minimum acceptable price.
Academic text (2005) -
He was planning on giving it to the highest bidder.
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The highest bidder gets the good.
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And you take usually the highest bidder, but not always.
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A higher bidder paid me for it.
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Only the highest bidder will have that privilege.
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The land will got to auction to the highest bidder.
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The plan would match a bidder with every one of the 100 blocks on the grid.
Academic text (2004) -
It will go to the highest bidder.
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Gaudibert was the high bidder and returned his purchases to their author.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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A company that makes a formal written offer to do work or supply goods
A person who suggests conditions for a deal
A person who suggests something for someone to accept or refuse
How Hostile
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bidder comes from the verb bid, which once meant 'to offer' or 'to ask', plus the ending -er meaning 'one who'. Later bid came to mean an offer of money, so a bidder is 'one who offers to pay' at an auction.