meaning of bidding
1. Command; order; a proclamation or notifying.
2. The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction.
3. The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.
4. The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons.
5. of Bid
6. bridge the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make