Meanings
plural totalisators · alternative totalizator
- UKthe computerised system which runs parimutuel betting, calculating payoff odds, displaying them, and producing tickets based on incoming bets.
At the racing club's expense, many alterations had been made, including converting the totalisator building into a 40-bed ward.
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For example, I may in some places effect marriage by cohabiting, or I may bet with a totalisator machine by putting a coin in the slot.
1955, J.L. Austin, How To Do Things With WordsSynonyms: tote board
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe computerised system which runs parimutuel betting, calculating payoff odds, displaying them, and producing tickets based on incoming bets.
More synonyms by meaning
nouncomputer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Indonesian totalisator, toto
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Māori mīhini petipeti
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Polish totalizator
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Cite this entry
totalisator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/totalisator
“totalisator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/totalisator. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “totalisator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/totalisator.
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