bidder

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈbɪd.ə//
United States//ˈbɪ.dɚ//
United States/[ˈbɪ.ɾɚ]/

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

noun

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.
In 2004, the authority declared Abec a nonresponsible bidder after the company failed to submit accurate information.
In other words, the transaction is preferred because it is the best of bad choices. 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.
2
One who commands or orders.
3
datedOne who asks or invites.
4
archaicOne who begs.

Etymology

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

Forms

plural: bidders

bicycle · A vehicle that has two primary wheels, one behind the other,…bid · To issue a command; to tell.BID · twice a day, two times per day

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

Bidder · A surname.bidding · That which one is bidden to do; a command.Bieber · A surname from German.

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