bidding
n. uncountablen. the act of offering a specific amount of money to buy something, especially at an auction. It can also mean following someone's orders or requests.
n. the act of making offers at an auction or the process of competing for a contract. In a literary or formal sense, it refers to a command or request that someone is expected to follow.
The bidding for the painting started at one hundred dollars.
After several rounds of intense bidding, the construction firm finally won the government contract.
The young assistant spent his entire day doing the director's bidding, running errands and managing minor administrative tasks without a single word of complaint.
Commonly used in the phrase 'at someone's bidding' or 'to do someone's bidding' when referring to commands.