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bidding

 
(bĭd'ĭng) pronunciation
n.
  1. A demand that something be done; a command.
  2. A request to appear; a summons.
  3. Bids considered as a group, as at an auction or in card games: The bidding was higher than expected.

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    An authoritative indication to be obeyed: behest, charge, command, commandment, dictate, direction, directive, injunction, instruction (often used in plural), mandate, order, word. See over/under, words.


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Definition: command
Antonyms: answer

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IN BRIEF: An order or instruction.

pronunciation A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince. — Henry David Thoreau

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