| 单词 | place money |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplace money place money n. Horse Racing (a) money placed as a bet that a horse, etc., will finish second or third (North American second only) in a race; (b) prize-money awarded for finishing second or third (North American second only) in a race. also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > stake > in horse or dog racing stake1696 added money1831 stoater1860 place money1865 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > prizes Galloway-plate1707 place money1865 1865 Bell's Life in London 3 June 4/4 Osborne on Longdown..did his best to save his party's ‘place money’, but failing to accomplish the feat, finished two lengths from Mr Robinson's colt. 1894 G. Moore Esther Waters xliv. 348 Bramble, a fifty to one chance, not one man in a hundred backed her; King of Trumps, there was some place money lost on him. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves xiv. 179 A sniffing female in blue gingham beat a pie-faced kid in pink for the place-money, and Prudence Baxter, Jeeves's long shot, was either fifth or sixth, I couldn't see which. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §734/3 Place money, the odds a horse pays to run second. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 32/3 Miss Ella Cinders won but with the disqualification will now receive place money of $400 instead of $200 show money. 1973 Times 15 Dec. 16/4 A compulsory shareout of place money between owner, trainer and jockey on the same formula as for win money. < as lemmas |
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