单词 | place bet |
释义 | > as lemmasplace bet place bet n. (a) a bet on a horse or other competitor in a race to finish in first, second, or third position, or (North American) in first or second position only; (b) (in the game of craps) a bet that a particular number will be rolled before a different specified number comes up. ΚΠ 1927 Times 15 Feb. 6/1 In Germany and in France it is quite a common occurrence to get 5 or 6 to 1 for a place bet, and even sometimes higher odds. 1963 A. Baron Lowlife xvi. 169 He bets every way up you can imagine, forecasts, reverse forecasts, place bets, combinations, he uses one bet to guarantee him against another,..he invents systems a professor wouldn't understand. And he still loses. 1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 31 Aug. (Weekend section) 6 The casino's percentage on the popular place bets, for example, range from 1.5 percent to more than 6 percent. 2003 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 6 July f4 Those holding place bets on Virgule ($1,004 total of the place pool) and Highlandar ($739) had to be shocked at their payoffs. < as lemmas |
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