totalizator

[toht-l-uh-zey-ter]

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noun

an apparatus for registering and indicating the total of operations, measurements, etc.

a pari-mutuel machine.

Origin of totalizator

First recorded in 1875–80; totalize + -ator

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Related Words for totalizator

OTB, tote, totalizer

British Dictionary definitions for totalizator

totalizator

totalizer, totalisator or totaliser

noun

a system of betting on horse races in which the aggregate stake, less an administration charge and tax, is paid out to winners in proportion to their stake

the machine that records bets in this system and works out odds, pays out winnings, etc

an apparatus for registering totals, as of a particular function or measurement

US and Canadian term (for senses 1, 2): pari-mutuel

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