mutuel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mutuel
Probably by false construal of pari as a prefix or adj.
Example Sentences
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Total mutuel handle was more than $21.4 million, the third-highest ever on the first day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2025
The Santa Anita meeting comes on the heels of a successful summer meet at Del Mar where field size and mutuel handle were up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2022
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
The track installed additional mutuel windows, constructed about a dozen bookmaking facilities in the infield, opened up all vacant areas of the clubhouse, and hired an army of extra personnel.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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