moneyline

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noun

A method of sports betting which is purely based on which team wins the game.

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Meanings

nounmoneyline (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegamblingA method of sports betting which is purely based on which team wins the game.

    College basketball games don't lack for gambling propositions—the moneyline, a straightforward wager on which team will win; the over-under gamble on the total number of points scored by both teams—but the most popular wager is the spread.

    2015 April 10, John Paul Rollert, “Vegas Odds”, in Harper's Magazine, New York, N.Y.: Harper's Magazine Foundation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2022

Origin

Compound of money + line.

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APA

moneyline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moneyline

MLA

“moneyline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moneyline. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moneyline,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moneyline.

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