auction bridge — n. a variety of the game of bridge in which the players bid for the right to say what suit shall be trump or to declare no trump: the extra tricks the declarer wins beyond his bid count toward a game: see also CONTRACT BRIDGE … English World dictionary
Auction bridge — Infobox CardGame title = Auction Bridge subtitle = image link = image caption = alt names = type = trick taking players = 4 play = Clockwise card rank = A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ages = num cards = 52 card deck = Anglo American origin = related … Wikipedia
auction bridge — a variety of bridge in which odd tricks won in excess of the number named in the contract are scored toward game. Cf. contract (def. 5). [1905 10] * * * card game that was the third step in the historical progression from whist to bridge… … Universalium
auction bridge — noun a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge • Syn: ↑auction • Hypernyms: ↑bridge … Useful english dictionary
auction bridge — noun Date: 1903 a bridge game differing from contract bridge in that tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game … New Collegiate Dictionary
auction bridge — auc′tion bridge n. gam a variety of bridge in which tricks won in excess of the contract are scored toward game • Etymology: 1905–10 … From formal English to slang
auction bridge — /ɒkʃən ˈbrɪdʒ/ (say okshuhn brij) noun a variety of bridge in which all tricks won, whether bid or not, score towards game. Compare contract bridge …
auction bridge — noun an obsolete form of the card game bridge, in which all tricks won counted towards the game whether bid or not … English new terms dictionary
royal auction bridge — noun : auction bridge in which the spade suit is bid either as the lowest ranking suit counting 2 points per odd trick or as the highest ranking suit counting 9 points per odd trick compare royal spade … Useful english dictionary
auction — [ôk′shən] n. [L auctio, an increasing, sale by increase of bids < auctus, pp. of augere, to increase: see WAX2] 1. a public sale at which items are sold one by one, each going to the last and highest of a series of competing bidders 2. AUCTION … English World dictionary
