Definitions for "Matchpoints"
Keywords:  tie, duplicate, bridge, score, beats
A type of overall scoring in duplicate bridge where every board carries the same weight, the best pair on every board receiving a (100%) and the worst the bottom (0% matchpoints). In matchpoint scoring only the number of pairs that a pair beats or ties matter, not by how much other pairs may be beaten.
A common form of scoring for pairs contests in which one gets one point for each pair whose score you beat, and one-half point for each pair whose score you tie, regardless of by how much one beats a score.
(1) a common form of scoring in duplicate bridge in which a pair scores one unit for every other pair whose score they best and one-half unit for every other pair whose score they tie.(2) the scoring units in (1).