bidder

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪdɚ/, [ˈbɪɾɚ]

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  • Homophone: bitter (in some accents)

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.

   • 2008 September 14, Bob Tedeschi, “It’s Helpful to Know Your Limits”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2009 June 25, Simon Akam, “Distributor Guilty of Selling Counterfeit Parts to the M.T.A.”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     In 2004, the authority declared Abec a nonresponsible bidder after the company failed to submit accurate information.

   • 2013 February 5, Steven Davidoff Solomon, “Reasons to Be Suspicious of Buyouts Led by Management”, in The New York Times‎^[3]:

     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. (rare or dated) One who asks or invites
4. (now rare, archaic) One who begs

• bedrid, birded, brided, derbid

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥iðɐ]

bidder c

1. indefinite plural of bid

From Middle Dutch biddere. Equivalent to bidden +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪ.dər/

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• Hyphenation: bid‧der
• Rhymes: -ɪdər

bidder m (plural bidders, diminutive biddertje n)

1. someone who prays