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High-payout wager
Answer for the clue "High-payout wager ", 8 letters:
perfecta
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Wiktionary
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n. (context chiefly US English) A kind of bet wherein the first and second-place finishers must be predicted in the correct order.
Wikipedia
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La Perfecta , a French Antillean big band Perfecta (gambling) , a type of bet in parimutuel betting Perfecta (album) , by Adam Again "Perfecta", a song by Miranda! featuring Julieta Venegas from the album El Disco de Tu Corazón "Perfecta", a song by Jesse ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order [syn: exacta ]
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 ).
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.