What does rebidding mean?
Rebidding means making another bid, offer, or proposal after an earlier one has been submitted or rejected. The term is especially common in auctions, tenders, contracting, and procurement, where an organisation may ask bidders to submit revised or alternative offers for the same work. It can also refer to making another bid in a game of bridge. Rebidding is generally formal and transactional: it implies renewed competition or a new proposal rather than simply expressing interest. In legal and business documents, it often means that a contractor or supplier is offering again, potentially under different terms or at a different price. The word is useful in situations where an initial offer has failed, been reconsidered, or been reopened after circumstances change.
verbMaking another bid, offer, or proposal, especially in an auction, tender, or contract process. In bridge, it means making a further bid after the earlier bidding has begun.
- Making another bid or offer, especially in an auction, tender, or contract process.
- Making a further bid in a game of bridge.
"The contractor rebid the work after the revised plans were issued."
"Three suppliers were invited to rebid after the original estimates proved too high."
"North rebidding at the second round gave the defenders the contract."
"The seller rebid the property after receiving no acceptable offers."
Rebidding can give a rejected offer a second life—and in bridge, it is simply the next move in the language of cards.
Reviewed by Deb Chak, Editor. AI-assisted content curated by RJS Tech Solutions LLP.
Where does rebidding come from?
The word is formed from the prefix re-, meaning “again,” and bid, the older verb meaning to offer or propose a price. Bid descends from Old English biddan, related to a family of Germanic words expressing an offer or request. The renewed form rebid developed in modern usage, especially in auctions, tenders, contracting, and card games.
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How rebidding is actually used
Rebidding is the present participle of rebid and may also function as a gerund, as in “rebidding the contract.” It is used in formal commercial, procurement, auction, and contract contexts.