An ace, king, queen, jack or ten. Honor-Tricks. A hand valuation method in which honors and honor combinations are assigned point values. For example, ace= ...

Business double: A penalty double, in contrast to various competitive and informatory doubles including takeout doubles and negative doubles. · Bust: (Slang) A ...

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The opening leader is the player to the left of declarer. Trump suit -- the suit named in the final contract. Notrump -- a contract played without a trump suit.

A hand containing no void, no singleton and not more than one doubleton. Barrier. When planning your opener's rebid, imagine a 'barrier' just above.

10 · Dime ; 9 · Neener, Nina Ross, Quinine, Pothook, Pusher ; 8 · Ocho, Snowman, Pusher ; 7 · Salmon, Fishhook (also see Jack) ; 6 · Sax.

Bridge Terms: Artificial bid, A bid that is not related to the named suit or notrump; examples are Stayman 2 C and Blackwood 4 NT.

Balanced Hand. A balanced hand has cards in all suits and does not have shortages (voids, singletons) and/or length in any one suit.

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