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Bidding system — A bidding system is a collection of agreements and conventions describing the meanings of bids used in contract bridge. The purpose of bids is to describe the hand and, eventually, to propose a contract Any bid becomes a contract if followed by… … Wikipedia
Construction bidding — is the process of submitting a proposal (tender) to undertake, or manage the undertaking of a construction project. The process starts with a construction estimate from blueprints and take offs. The tender is treated as an offer to do the work… … Wikipedia
Preferential bidding system — Preferential bidding is a method of solving transport workforce schedules consisting of specific flights and certain qualified crewmembers, or pairings , while allowing those crewmembers to request periodic work schedules using weighted… … Wikipedia
Highly unusual method — Highly unusual methods (also HUM) is a class of contract bridge bidding systems defined by the World Bridge Federation. Usually these are artificial systems that require advance preparation to contend with, and are restricted to the highest… … Wikipedia
Zar Points — is an advanced, statistically derived method for evaluating Contract Bridge hands developed by Zar Petkov for use by players of intermediate or better skill. The statistical research Petkov conducted in the areas of hand evaluation and bidding is … Wikipedia
Charles Goren — Charles Henry Goren (March 4, 1901 – April 3, 1991) was a world champion American bridge player and bestselling author who contributed significantly to the development and popularization of the game following upon the heels of Ely Culbertson in… … Wikipedia
Namyats — In the cardgame bridge Namyats denotes the conventional agreement to open hands with a long major suit that are too strong for a direct preemptive opening with a two under transfer bid. The method was originally named Four Club and Four Diamond… … Wikipedia
Rubens advances — (also referred to as transfer advances) constitute a bridge bidding method that can be used by a bridge partnership to respond to overcalls. The method was devised by Jeff Rubens and published in The Bridge World. [Jeff Rubens, The Bridge World,… … Wikipedia
approach — v. & n. v. 1 tr. come near or nearer to (a place or time). 2 intr. come near or nearer in space or time (the hour approaches). 3 tr. make a tentative proposal or suggestion to (approached me about a loan). 4 tr. a be similar in character, quality … Useful english dictionary
blackwood convention — ˈblak.ˌwu̇d noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: after Easley F. Blackwood, 20th century American who devised it : a bidding method used in reaching slam contracts in contract bridge and consisting of the use of four no trump as an asking … Useful english dictionary
gerber convention — ˈgərbər noun Usage: usually capitalized G Etymology: after John Gerber, 20th century American who devised it : a bidding method in contract bridge that is based on the Blackwood convention and that uses a bid of four clubs instead of four no… … Useful english dictionary
