n.
1.an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
2.an attempt to get something
3.a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
4.(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make bid v.
1.propose a payment
2.invoke upon
3.ask for or request earnestly
4.make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
5.make a serious effort to attain something
6.ask someone in a friendly way to do something
Idiom of the Day
not worth mentioning
to be not important enough to require a comment
The problem that we had with the manager was not worth mentioning so we did not say anything to anybody.