bidder

noun

1. Someone who bids (all senses), but most commonly, one offers to pay a specified price at an auction.

   “The highest bidder shall get the house.”

   “But that is changing; in the coming months, Mr. Gollinger said, his company will hold an auction in a suburban New York community where lenders will help preapprove bidders for mortgages.”

   “In 2004, the authority declared Abec a nonresponsible bidder after the company failed to submit accurate information.”

   “In other words, the transaction is preferred because it is the best of bad choices. And at least one study has found that when management preannounces a deal it results in lower premiums presumably because it scares off other bidders.”

2. One who commands or orders.
3. (dated, rare)One who asks or invites.
4. (archaic)One who begs.

name

1. A surname.