A printed card placed on the table that indicates the player directions and instructions for the movement in duplicate games.

Bidding the cheapest of two or more four-card suits.

A hand with high honors but few lower honors and intermediate cards. An extreme example would be something like ♠A‑4‑3‑2 ♥K‑4‑3‑2 ♦3‑2 ♣A‑3‑2.

Make a bid after partner enters the auction with an overcall or takeout double.

The partner of a player who makes an overcall or a takeout double.

A technique to draw the opponents' attention to a conventional partnership agreement.

A word or phrase telling the opponents the meaning of partner's call. In ACBL games it is required after a 1NT opening (e.g. "15 to 17"), after a transfer bid to hearts or spades [..]

Making the wrong hand the declarer. Suppose East opens 1♥ and North holds the ♥K. It would be better for North to become declarer so that East cannot lead a heart without giving North a trick with the [..]

A defensive carding signal to let partner know whether you want a particular suit led. A high card is an encouraging signal; a low card is a discouraging signal.

The process of determining the contract through a series of bids.