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bidder

/ˈbɪd.ə/US/ˈbɪ.dɚ/

bidder noun: someone who bids (all senses), but most commonly, one offers to pay a specified price at an auction.

Noun

bidder (plural bidders)

  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.
    • But that is changing; in the coming months, Mr. Gollinger said, his company will hold an auction in a suburban New York community where lenders will help preapprove bidders for mortgages.2008 September 14, Bob Tedeschi, “It’s Helpful to Know Your Limits”, in The New York Times
  2. One who commands or orders.
  3. (dated, rare) One who asks or invites.
  4. (archaic) One who begs.

Proper noun capitalized: Bidder

Bidder

  1. A surname.

bidder meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

bidder in Hindi

बोली लगाने वाला

bidder in Tamil

ஏலங்கேட்பவர், விலை கேட்பவர்

bidder in Marathi

someone who bids
बोलीदार bolīdār, बोली बोलणारा bolī bolṇārā

bidder in Urdu

دام لگانے والا
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bidder in Malayalam
ലേലം വിളിക്കുന്നയാൾ, ലേലക്കാരൻ, ലേലം വിളിക്കുന്നവൻ
bidder in Kannada
ಬಿಡ್ದಾರ
bidder in Punjabi
ਬੋਲੀ ਲਗਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ
bidder in Gujarati
બોલી લગાવનાર
bidder in Arabic
مُزَايِد muzāyid

Examples of bidder in a sentence

  • In 2004, the authority declared Abec a nonresponsible bidder after the company failed to submit accurate information.2009 June 25, Simon Akam, “Distributor Guilty of Selling Counterfeit Parts to the M.T.A.”, in The New York Times:
  • And at least one study has found that when management preannounces a deal it results in lower premiums presumably because it scares off other bidders.2013 February 5, Steven Davidoff Solomon, “Reasons to Be Suspicious of Buyouts Led by Management”, in The New York Times:

All 25 example sentences with bidder

Forms of bidder

pluralbidders

Plural of bidder: bidders

Origin of bidder

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

Words formed from bidder

Questions about bidder

What does bidder mean?
Bidder means someone who bids (all senses), but most commonly, one offers to pay a specified price at an auction.
What is bidder in Hindi?
Bidder in Hindi is बोली लगाने वाला. See Bidder meaning in Hindi.
How do you use bidder in a sentence?
In 2004, the authority declared Abec a nonresponsible bidder after the company failed to submit accurate information.
What part of speech is bidder?
Bidder can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bidder?
Bidder is pronounced /ˈbɪd.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of bidder?
The plural of bidder is bidders.

Words near bidder in the dictionary

  1. bidden defiance to
  2. bidden one's time
  3. bidden tryst
  4. Biddenden
  5. Biddenham
  6. bidder
  7. Bidder's organ
  8. bidders
  9. Biddery ware
  10. biddest
  11. biddeth

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bidder (page history and authors); Bidder (page history and authors); bidder (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bidder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bidder (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bidder (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bidder (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bidder (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bidder (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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