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bidding

 
 
/ˈbɪdɪŋ/ noun [U]

Definition

when people offer to pay a particular amount of money for something
do sb's bidding literary to do what someone tells you to do
(Definition of bidding noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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