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betting ['betɪŋ]1 noun∎ the betting was heavy les paris allaient bon train;∎ figurative what's the betting they refuse to go? je suis prêt à parier qu'ils ne voudront pas y aller∎ the betting is 5 to 1 on Blackie (la cote de) Blackie est à 5 contre 1, la cote est à 5 contre 1 sur Blackie∎ I'm not a betting man je n'aime pas parier►► betting office ≃ (bureau m de) PMU m;betting shop bureau m de paris (appartenant à un bookmaker);betting slip bulletin m de pari -
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1 noun∎ to follow the turf être turfiste∎ that's not my turf c'est pas mon rayon∎ turf (over) gazonner∎ she turfed the old magazines into the box elle a balancé les vieux magazines dans la boîte(fire) de tourbeturf war conflit m pour le contrôle d'un territoireBritish familiar (eject, evict → person) vider, flanquer à la porte; (remove → furniture, possessions) sortir□, enlever□ ; (throw away → rubbish) bazarder;∎ he turfed everything out of the cupboard il a tout sorti du placard, il a bazardé tout ce qu'il y avait dans le placard;∎ he was turfed out of the club il s'est fait virer ou vider du club -
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vigorish ['vɪgərɪʃ]American familiar (percentage of winnings) = pourcentage des gains payable au bookmaker; (interest on loan) taux m d'intérêt exorbitant□
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bookmaker — [ bukmɛkɶr ] n. m. • 1855; mot angl. , de book « livre » et maker « celui qui fait » ♦ Celui qui, dans les courses de chevaux, prend des paris et les inscrit. Des bookmakers. Abrév. fam. BOOK [ buk ]. Des books. ● bookmaker nom masculin (mot… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Bookmaker — Book mak er, n. 1. One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler. [1913 Webster] 2. (Horse Racing) A betting man who makes a book. See {To make a book}, under {Book}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bookmaker — (engl., spr. búckmēker), Buchmacher (s. Wette) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
bookmaker — book·mak·er / bu̇k ˌmā kər/ n: a person who determines odds and receives and pays off bets – called also bookie; Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
bookmaker — / bʊkmeikə/, it. /buk mɛker/ s. ingl. [comp. di book libro e to make fare ], usato in ital. al masch. [chi registra le scommesse] ▶◀ allibratore … Enciclopedia Italiana
bookmaker — also book maker, 1510s, printer and binder of books, from BOOK (Cf. book) (n.) + agent noun from MAKE (Cf. make) (v.). The wagering sense is from 1862. Related: Book making (late 15c., betting sense 1824) … Etymology dictionary
bookmaker — /bukˈmeker, ingl. ˈbukˌmeɪkə(r)/ [vc. ingl., comp. di book «libro, registro, lista» e maker «compilatore»] s. m. inv. allibratore … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione
bookmaker — m DEFINICIJA v. bukmejker … Hrvatski jezični portal
bookmaker — ► NOUN ▪ a person whose job is to take bets, calculate odds, and pay out winnings … English terms dictionary
bookmaker — [book′māk΄ər] n. 1. a compiler, publisher, or manufacturer of books 2. a person in the business of taking bets, as on horse races bookmaking n … English World dictionary
Bookmaker — A bookmaker, bookie or turf accountantfact|date=September 2008, is an organization or a person that takes bets and pays winnings depending upon results and, depending on the nature of the bet, the odds. Range of events Most bookmakers in the… … Wikipedia