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| auction |
a public sale at which prospective buyers bid for goods and merchandise. [1/2 definitions] |
| auction bridge |
a version of bridge in which players bid for the right to specify which suit will be trump, any extra tricks won beyond the contract being scored toward a game. |
| bade |
a past tense of bid. |
| biddable |
in card games, capable of being bid on. [1/2 definitions] |
| box supper |
a social and fund-raising occasion at which the participants bid for donated box lunches. |
| counterbid |
combined form of bid. |
| no-trump |
in bridge, a bid to play a hand without specifying a trump suit. [1/2 definitions] |
| outbid |
to make a higher bid or offer than (another). |
| overbid |
to bid more than (another person or the correct value of something). [3 definitions] |
| preemptive |
of or relating to a strike or attack such as a bid in bridge or a military attack, made in anticipation of or to prevent an opposing strike. [1/2 definitions] |
| rebid |
combined form of bid. |
| underbid |
to submit a lower bid than (a competitor). [3 definitions] |
| wish |
to bid. [1/9 definitions] |
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