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στοίχημα — meaning in English

stoichima

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English meaning

  • bet noun An agreement to risk money or something else on the outcome of an uncertain event.
  • book noun A set of printed or written pages bound together, meant to be read.
  • gamble verb To bet money or stake something valuable on an uncertain outcome, especially in games of chance.
  • wager noun A bet or a stake placed on the outcome of something uncertain.

Senses

στοίχημα is used for these senses in English:

  • bet A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).
  • book (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
  • gamble A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.

bet — full definition

  1. noun An agreement to risk money or something else on the outcome of an uncertain event.
  2. verb To risk money or something valuable on the result of an event.
  3. verb To be confident or certain about something.
  4. intj Used to express agreement or acceptance, especially in casual speech.

book — full definition

  1. noun A set of printed or written pages bound together, meant to be read.
  2. noun A record of a business's financial transactions (usually plural: "the books").
  3. noun A person or organization that takes bets on the outcome of events; short for bookmaker.
  4. verb To arrange or reserve something in advance.
  5. verb To formally record a suspect's details after an arrest.

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