race-betting

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• Betting — • Defined as the backing of an affirmation or forecast by offering to forfeit, in case of an adverse issue, a sum of money or article of value to one who, by accepting, maintains the opposite and backs his opinion by a corresponding stipulation… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• betting — UK US /ˈbetɪŋ/ US  /ˈbeṱ / noun [U] ► the activity of risking money, for example by trying to guess the result of a race or other future event: »He has worked in the betting industry for many years. »an online/internet betting company ● the… …   Financial and business terms

• betting shop — betting shops N COUNT A betting shop is a place where people can go to bet on something such as a horse race. [BRIT] Syn: bookie s …   English dictionary

• Betting exchange — The term betting exchange is used to describe a form of bookmaking in which the operator offsets its risk perfectly through technology, such that the effect to the customer is that customers are seen to bet between themselves. Coined because of… …   Wikipedia

• Betting strategy — A betting strategy or betting system is a structured approach to gambling, with a predefined set of actions for bet sizing and timing. Betting strategies are typical in any activity in which money is risked but where the participant has little… …   Wikipedia

• race — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. onrush, advance; competition; sprint, dash; stream; channel, millrace, tide, river; career; family, clan, tribe; people, ethnic group. v. rush, career; hasten; compete; speed. See velocity, ancestry,… …   English dictionary for students

• betting shop — noun a licensed bookmaker s shop that is not at the race track • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain • Hypernyms: ↑shop …   Useful english dictionary

• betting — UK [ˈbetɪŋ] / US noun [uncountable] the activity of trying to win money by placing a bet (= guessing the result of a race, game etc) • the betting is/what s the betting British informal used to say that it is very likely that something will… …   English dictionary

• betting book — A book kept for registering bets on the result of a race as operated on race track. In a broader sense, the betting book is that book which enables the professional bettor to carry on his business, and to promote a race, and it includes the book …   Black's law dictionary

• betting book — A book kept for registering bets on the result of a race as operated on race track. In a broader sense, the betting book is that book which enables the professional bettor to carry on his business, and to promote a race, and it includes the book …   Black's law dictionary

• betting shop — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms betting shop : singular betting shop plural betting shops British a place where you can bet money on something, for example the results of a horse race …   English dictionary