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limit bids

limit bids is the plural of limit bid.

Meaning of limit bid

Noun

limit bid (plural limit bids)

  1. An offer to buy in an auction for any value up to a specified maximum.
    • I am still inclined to think the London auctioneers can be trusted, but I have little faith in the Germans. If you put a $20 limit bid by accident on a $1 autograph at a German auction, you are pretty sure to get it at $20. Like some other auctioneers, if they know your limit they will supply any...1902, The Collector - Issues 160-171, page 29
  2. A bid that describes the bidders hand fairly precisely (indicating a small range of high card points and some indication of shape.)
    • OK, you are the captain (partner opened with a limit bid).2009, Eric v.d. Luft, How I Became a Life Master Playing the Weak No Trump, page 18

Questions about limit bids

What is limit bids the plural of?
Limit bids is the plural of limit bid.

Words near limit bids in the dictionary

  1. Limington
  2. liminocentric
  3. liminoid
  4. limit
  5. limit bid
  6. limit bids
  7. limit break
  8. limit breaks
  9. limit cardinal
  10. limit cardinals
  11. limit case

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