enchérir

Definitions of enchérir
  1. verb
    propose a payment
    synonyms: faire une offre, offrir
  2. verb
    bid over an opponent's bid when one's partner has not bid or doubled
    synonyms: surenchérir
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    type of:
    appeler, faire une offre
    make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
  3. verb
    to bid for more tricks than one can expect to win,
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    type of:
    appeler, faire une offre
    make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
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