What is the card game where you bid how many tricks you will take?

Oh Hell or Contract Whist
Whist
Whist is a classic English trick-taking card game which was widely played in the 18th and 19th centuries. Although the rules are simple, there is scope for strategic play.
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is a trick-taking card game of British origin in which the object is to take exactly the number of tricks bid. Unlike contract bridge
contract bridge
Bridge is a four-player partnership trick-taking game with thirteen tricks per deal. The dominant variations of the game are rubber bridge, more common in social play; and duplicate bridge, which enables comparative scoring in tournament play. Each player is dealt thirteen cards from a standard 52-card deck.
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and spades
spades
Spades is a trick-taking card game devised in the United States in the 1930s. It can be played as either a partnership or solo/"cutthroat" game. The object is to take the number of tricks (also known as "books") that were bid before play of the hand began.
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, taking more tricks than bid is a fail. It was first described by B. C. Westall around 1930 and originally called Oh! Well.

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bezique
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