Another term for the bidding

A hand containing no void, no singleton and not more than one doubleton.

The final bid in the auction, which determines the trumps suit (or no trumps) and the number of tricks to be won

The first person to speak in the bidding.  In Rubber bridge the dealer deals the cards.  In Duplicate bridge the dealer is specified on the board.

The person who plays the hand.

The Declarer’s opponents i.e. the pair who are not Declarer or dummy.

To throw away a card of a different suit (when you can’t follow suit)

Two cards in a suit

The Declarer’s partner.  The dummy’s hand gets placed face upwards on the table and is played by the Declarer.

The form of bridge where the same deal is played by a number of players.  Each of the four hands are put in a board or wallet which is passed from table to table.  Each board is scored in its own right and the objective is to make a higher score on the deal than others who played it.