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bidding

bidding

7.3
How bridge players say how many tricks they will try to win
  • noun
  • /ˈbɪdɪŋ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : licitación
  • As the players engaged in bidding, their strategies revealed how many tricks they believed they could win.

So while we were bidding the contract, they had, you know, every time.

Examples

  • In bridge, successful bidding can greatly influence the outcome of the game and the final contract.

  • During the bidding in the bridge tournament, we decided to play aggressively to win more tricks.

  • So while we were bidding the contract, they had, you know, every time.

    Danny Jones

Compounds

bidding contest
3.7

A competition where people or companies offer higher prices to win something like at an auction

How High

grand slam
  • Jargon
4 6.6
slam
  • Jargon
45 7.4
bidding
  • Jargon
7.3

Surface Forms

bidding singular
biddings plural

Morphology

bidding = bid (semi-transparent) = bid + ing

Formed by nominalizing the bridge verb 'to bid'; the construction is regular but the meaning is specialized jargon specific to the game.

Etymology

The word bidding in bridge comes from the verb bid which means 'to offer' or 'to say a price', the same idea you see in auctions. So in bridge a 'bidding' is the act of saying your offer for how many tricks you expect to win.