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means The act of offering a price for something, especially at an auction, or more broadly the issuing of commands or instructions one is expected to obey.

from From Old English 'biddan,' meaning to ask, pray, or command — a word with a split personality from the very start. That double sense survives today: when an auctioneer takes your 'bid,' you're offering; when you 'do someone's bidding,' you're obeying. The 'pray, beseech' branch is a cousin of German 'bitten' (to ask) and lurks inside 'bead' (originally a prayer counted on a string). Over centuries the commercial sense of offering money muscled its way in, so 'bidding' now lives comfortably in both the auction house and the throne room.