for diamonds. a unit of varying value, used in quoting the price of stocks, bonds, or futures. Bridge a value assigned to certain cards (4 points for an ace, 3 for a king, 2 for a queen, and 1 for a jack, sometimes with extra points for long or short suits) by a player in assessing the strength of their hand: in Acol it is permissible to open with only twelve points 6 each of thirty-two directions marked at equal distances round a compass. a direction towards the horizon corresponding to the direction marked on a compass. the angular interval between two successive points of a compass, i.e. one eighth of a right angle (11 15?). ( points -- -- ) unspecified places considered in terms of their direction from a specified place: they headed down Highway 401 to Ontario and points west 7 a narrow piece of land jutting out into the sea: the boat came round the point [ in names ] : Blakeney Point 8 (usually points ) British a junction of two railway lines, with a pair of linked tapering rails that can be moved laterally to allow a train to pass from one line to the other: the train gave a lurch as it passed over the points 9 Printing a unit of measurement for type sizes and spacing (in the UK and US 0.351 mm, in Europe 0.376 mm). 10 Cricket a fielding position on the off side near the batsman. a fielder at