• He bid £69,000 at Sotheby's for an 18th century wine glass.
• The company is bidding 910p a share for control of AB Ports, in a deal worth an estimated £2.8 billion.
• Investors have bid a record amount of cash for Venezuela's oil operating licences.
• The government has invited companies to bid for gas exploration rights in the west of the country.
• bidders for the franchises
• The painting made $14 million in frenzied bidding at Christie's.
• Investors have bid up the company's shares about 25%, despite disappointing operating results.
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For the first half hour of the auction the bidding was slow and cautious.
»He opened the bidding at £2,000.
»online/internet bidding
brisk bidding — бойкие торги
to open the bidding — открыть аукцион
to do smb’s bidding — исполнять чьи-л. приказания
brisk bidding - бойкие торги
to be at smb.'s bidding - быть в чьём-л. распоряжении
to do smb.'s bidding - исполнять чьи-л. приказания
we must heed the teacher's bidding - мы должны слушаться учителя
at smb.'s bidding по чьему́-л. тре́бованию, приказа́нию и т.п.
1. 1) предложение цены (на аукционе); надбавка к цене
2) торги
brisk ~ - бойкие торги
3) амер. заявка на получение подряда
2. приказание; распоряжение
to be at smb.'s ~ - быть в чьём-л. распоряжении
to do smb.'s ~ - исполнять чьи-л. приказания
we must heed the teacher's ~ - мы должны слушаться учителя
3. приглашение; призыв
4. карт. объявление (ставок)
2) торги
3) предложение о заключении контракта
- advertised bidding
- closed bidding
- competitive bidding
- identical biddings
- joint bidding
- negotiated bidding
- sealed bidding
• Invoke upon
• Make a serious effort to attain something
• Make a demand in card games, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
• Ask for or request earnestly
• Propose a payment
• (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
• A request to be present
• An authoritative direction or instruction to do something
• Ask someone in a friendly way to do something
• As at sales or auctions
Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык.С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова.1995.