mutuel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mutuel
Probably by false construal of pari as a prefix or adj.
Example Sentences
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And without big purses, you don’t get as many horses, which cuts back on mutuel handle, the engine that drives racetrack profits.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2024
By 18, she was taking bets as a mutuel clerk at Suffolk Downs in Boston and studying journalism at Rivier University in Nashua, N.H.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2021
Best hand wins and the mutuel determined by the amount of money bet on the winning bet.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2019
It has a direct effect on Los Al’s mutuel handle if bettors can’t see it on the big network.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2019
Attendants served the dogs up on rye bread, and when that ran out, hungry fans had to hold their dogs in old newspapers and then discarded mutuel tickets.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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