bidding in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for bidding in the English»French Dictionary

bidding [Brit ˈbɪdɪŋ, Am ˈbɪdɪŋ] N

1. bidding U (at auction):

bidding

enchères fpl

the bidding opened at £1 million

les enchères ont commencé à un million de livres

the bidding closed at £50, 000

l'adjudication s'est faite à 50 000 livres sterling

2. bidding (command):

he did my bidding

il a fait ce que je lui ai dit

he did it at my bidding

il l'a fait sur mon ordre

she needed no second bidding

on n'a pas eu à le lui dire deux fois

3. bidding U (in Bridge):

bidding

annonces fpl

bidding group N

bidding group

groupe m acheteur potentiel

bidding prayer N REL

bidding prayer

intention f de prière

bidding war N

bidding war

lutte f de surenchères

I.bid [Brit bɪd, Am bɪd] N

1. bid (at auction):

bid

enchère f (for sur, of de)

the opening/closing bid

la première/dernière enchère

to make a bid for sth

mettre une enchère sur qc

to raise one's bid by £200

surenchérir de 200 livres sterling

2. bid:

bid (for contract)

soumission f (for pour, of de)

bid (for company)

offre f (for pour, of de)

to make a bid for a building contract

soumissionner or faire une soumission pour un contrat de construction

3. bid (attempt):

bid

tentative f (to do pour faire)

escape/suicide bid

tentative f d'évasion/de suicide

in a bid to do

afin de faire

to make a bid for power/the presidency

tenter d'accéder au pouvoir/à la présidence

4. bid (in Bridge):

bid (first)

annonce f

bid (subsequent)

enchère f

to make a bid

faire une annonce or enchère

it's your bid

c'est à toi de déclarer

no bid

je passe

II.bid <pres part bidding, prét bade or bid, pp bidden or bid> [Brit bɪd, Am bɪd] VB trans

1. bid:

bid COMM, FIN money

offrir (for pour)

what am I bid for this painting?

à combien est-ce que j'estime ce tableau?

2. bid (say):

to bid sb good morning/goodbye

dire bonjour/au revoir à qn

to bid sb farewell

faire ses adieux à qn

to bid sb welcome

souhaiter la bienvenue à qn

3. bid (command) dated:

to bid sb to do

ordonner à qn de faire

do as you are bid

fais ce qu'on te dit

4. bid (ask) archaic:

to bid sb to do

inviter qn à faire

to bid sb to do

prier qn de faire

5. bid (in Bridge):

bid

annoncer

III.bid <pres part bidding, prét bade or bid, pp bidden or bid> [Brit bɪd, Am bɪd] VB intr

1. bid:

bid COMM, FIN (at auction)

mettre une enchère, enchérir (for sur)

bid (for contract)

soumissionner (for pour)

bid (for company)

faire une offre (for pour)

to bid against sb in an auction

renchérir sur qn dans une vente aux enchères

five other companies are bidding against us for the contract

cinq autres sociétés font des offres pour le contrat

2. bid (in Bridge):

bid

faire une annonce, parler

takeover bid N FIN

takeover bid

offre f publique d'achat

takeover bid

OPA f

to make a takeover bid

lancer une OPA (for sur)

counter-bid [Brit ˈkaʊntəbɪd, Am ˈkaʊn(t)ərˌbɪd] N

counter-bid

contre-offre f

closing bid N FIN

closing bid

dernière enchère f

comeback bid N

comeback bid (of singer, actor)

come-back m

comeback bid (of politician)

rentrée f

bid bond N FIN

bid bond

caution de participation à une adjudication internationale

bidding in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bidding in the English»French Dictionary

bidding [ˈbɪd·ɪŋ] N

1. bidding FIN:

bidding

les enchères fpl

to open the bidding

ouvrir les enchères

2. bidding form (command):

bidding

requête f

to do sb's bidding

obéir à qn

at sb's bidding

à la demande de qn

bid¹ <-dd-, bid [or bade] , bid [or -den]> [bɪd] VB trans form

1. bid (greet):

to bid sb good morning

dire bonjour à qn

to bid sb welcome

souhaiter la bienvenue à qn

2. bid (command):

to bid sb to +infin

ordonner à qn de +infin

3. bid (invite):

to bid sb to sth

convier qn à qc

I.bid² [bɪd] N

1. bid (offer):

bid

offre f

2. bid (attempt):

bid

tentative f

bid for power

tentative pour accéder au pouvoir

II.bid² <-dd-, bid, bid> [bɪd] VB intr

bid

faire une offre

III.bid² <-dd-, bid, bid> [bɪd] VB trans

bid

offrir

opening bid N

opening bid

première mise f à prix

takeover bid N

takeover bid

offre f publique d'achat

Translations for bidding in the French»English Dictionary

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enchère

bid

les enchères sont ouvertes

the bidding is open

faire monter les enchères

to raise the bidding

suroffre

higher bid

surenchérir

to bid higher

surenchérir (en rajouter)

to raise one's bid

offre

bid

faire ses adieux à qn

to bid farewell to sb

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This can prevent a poorly-performing item from underselling, but it also eliminates the possibility of a bidding war.

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It is occasionally used by live performers as part of a repartee bidding goodnight to an audience or introducing the last or next to last song of the night.

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He can be outbid by another player bidding 10 cents, as a 90 cent profit is still desirable.

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Subcontractors are hired the same way a general contractor would be, which is through the bidding process.

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The punch-up images were the focus of an intense bidding war between a range of very interested parties.

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Their business scopes span over trade, industry, commerce, finance, real estate, hotel and real estate management, public tendering and bidding, machinery procurement, civil construction, logistics, investment, leasing, e-business, etc.

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These prices seem to be based only on egotistic bidding wars, which is the last thing you want to do.

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He has superhuman strength and the ability to create smaller duplicates of himself that do his bidding.

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It introduces an element of bidding in which the trump suit is decided by which player can bid to take the most tricks.

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In the meeting the representatives of state governments were opposed to the proposed switch over to competitive bidding.

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