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High-payout wager
Answer for the clue "High-payout wager ", 8 letters:
perfecta
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chiefly US English) A kind of bet wherein the first and second-place finishers must be predicted in the correct order.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1971, from American Spanish perfecta , shortened from quiniela perfecta "perfect quiniela," a bet in horseracing (see quinella ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order [syn: exacta ]
Usage examples of perfecta.
Christy asked, although she knew her impatience would provoke Perfecta to drag it out even more.
Es importante no olvidar que las dos se querían y que en el curso de aquel íntimo duelo obraron con perfecta lealtad.