invitations

Noun

invitation (countable and uncountable, plural invitations)

1. The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
   • an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend

   Synonyms:

   invitement, lathing

2. A document or verbal message conveying an invitation.
   • We need to print off fifty invitations for the party.
3. Allurement; enticement.
4. A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.
5. The brief exhortation introducing the confession in the Anglican communion-office.
6. A bid that tells one's partner that game or slam is likely if their hand is at the strong end of what they have indicated.
   • I assume also that opener would have shown no interest in slam by either bidding 4NT or 50 after the slam invitation of 46.2001, Matthew Granovetter, Pamela Granovetter, The Best of Bridge Today Digest, page 113