invitationnoun/ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/

• 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
  • At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
• 2

  A document or verbal message conveying an invitation.

  • We need to print off fifty invitations for the party.
• 3

  Allurement; enticement.

• 4

  fencinggovernmenthobbiesA line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.

• 5

  ChristianityThe brief exhortation introducing the confession in the Anglican communion-office.

• 6

  bridgegamesA 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.
  • To any other invitation made by the captain, acceptance or refusal of the invitation is exclusively a question of points within the range advertised in the opening statement, and the invitation is always in the last called suit.