1. A statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
   "The company made a public declaration of its commitment to sustainability"
    
2. A formal public statement
   "a declaration of independence";
   - announcement, proclamation, annunciation
    
3. (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
   "his declaration of innocence"
    
4. A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
   "The board passed a declaration to increase funding for the project";
   - resolution, resolve
    
5. A statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
   "Travelers must fill out a customs declaration when entering the country"; "The company filed its annual tax declaration with the revenue service"
    
6. (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
   "They won the game by making their declaration of four spades";
   - contract

Derived forms: declarations

Type of: bid, bidding, doc [informal], document, papers, statement, testimony, written document

Part of: bridge

Encyclopedia: Declaration