Definition: (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
Similar words: statement
Definition: a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
Usage: according to his statement he was in London on that day
Synonyms: command, bid, bidding, dictation
Definition: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
Similar words: speech act
Definition: the use of language to perform some act
Definition: a request to be present
Usage: they came at his bidding
Similar words: invitation
Definition: a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
Usage: an invitation to lunch; she threw the invitation away