bidder
Refers to a person who bids at an auction. Used in contexts like art auctions, fish markets, or online bidding.
The bidders kept raising the price one after another.
He is a veteran bidder and skilled at auction tactics.
Standard kanji spelling for 'bidder'.
Kana-mixed spelling sometimes seen in less formal contexts.
Compound of 競り (seri, 'auction' or 'bidding', the continuative form of 競る seru 'to bid') and 手 (te, 'person' or 'doer').