totalisator en · NOUN
Meanings
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(UK) the computerised system which runs parimutuel betting, calculating payoff odds, displaying them, and producing tickets based on incoming bets.
For example, I may in some places effect marriage by cohabiting, or I may bet with a totalisator machine by putting a coin in the slot.
1955, J.L. Austin, How To Do Things With Words:At the racing club's expense, many alterations had been made, including converting the totalisator building into a 40-bed ward.
2018, Anna Rogers, With Them Through Hell, →ISBN, page 16:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| totalizator | alternative | lexicographic | |
| totalisators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (4)
mi mīhini petipeti (Translations) · id totalisator (Translations) · id toto (Translations) · pl totalizator (Translations)