BIDDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bidder mean? 

• BIDDER (noun)
  The noun BIDDER has 2 senses:

1. someone who makes an offer

2. someone who makes a bid at cards

  Familiarity information: BIDDER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIDDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who makes an offer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bidder" is a kind of...):

applicant; applier (a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission)

Derivation:

bid (propose a payment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who makes a bid at cards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("bidder" is a kind of...):

bridge player; hand (a card player in a game of bridge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bidder"):

pre-emptor; preemptor (a bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid)

Derivation:

bid (make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands)

 Context examples 

He sets his kingdom up to the best bidder, like some scullion farrier selling a glandered horse.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The acquisition for the LBFD X-plane contract will be fully open and competitive, with the QueSST preliminary design data being made available to qualified bidders.

(NASA Completes Milestone Toward Quieter Supersonic X-Plane, NASA)

While not naming any other bidders, Maróth said the Hungarian bid won after lengthy negotiations, out of mulitple competing offers.

(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)