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martingal

martingal is the alternative form of martingale.

Meaning of martingale

Noun

martingale (plural martingales)

  1. A piece of harness used on a horse to keep it from raising its head above a desired point.
    • I’ll be bound, Lady Ashton understands every machine for breaking in the human mind, and there are as many as there are cannon-bit, martingales, and cavessons for young colts.1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume III (The Bride of Lammermoor), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable...
    Synonyms:
    tie-down
  2. A spar, or piece of rigging that strengthens the bowsprit.
  3. A stochastic process for which the conditional expectation of future values given the sequence of all prior values is equal to the current value.
    • If a gambler plays a fair game repeatedly, his payoff over time is a martingale.
  4. A strategy in which one doubles the stake after each loss.
  5. A strap attached to the sword handle, preventing a sword being dropped if disarmed.

See all 6 meanings of martingale

Forms of martingal

pluralmartingals

Questions about martingal

What is martingal the alternative form of?
Martingal is the alternative form of martingale.

Words near martingal in the dictionary

  1. Martinez
  2. Martinezism
  3. Martinezist
  4. Martinezists
  5. marting
  6. martingal
  7. martingale
  8. martingaled
  9. martingales
  10. martingaling
  11. martingality

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