nounthe act of making offers to buy, usually at an auctionUsagethe bidding started at £1,000the first and lowest bid was £1,000Usagethe bidding stopped at £250,000the last bid, i.e. the successful bid, was for £250,000Usagethe auctioneer started the bidding at £100the auctioneer suggested that the first bid should be £100 the act of making offers to buy, usually at an auction