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
But the Santa Anita mutuel handle appears to be up, benefiting from simulcast money that was originally supposed to go to Northern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2025
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
Understand a large amount of the mutuel handle is not on track, so it has to be transmitted to the host track.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 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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