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moneyline

moneyline noun: a method of sports betting which is purely based on which team wins the game.

Noun

moneyline (uncountable)

  1. A method of sports betting which is purely based on which team wins the game.
    • College basketball games don't lack for gambling propositions—the moneyline, a straightforward wager on which team will win; the over-under gamble on the total number of points scored by both teams—but the most popular wager is the spread.2015 April 10, John Paul Rollert, “Vegas Odds”, in Harper's Magazine, New York, N.Y.: Harper's Magazine Foundation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2022

Origin of moneyline

Compound of money + line.

Questions about moneyline

What does moneyline mean?
Moneyline means a method of sports betting which is purely based on which team wins the game.
What part of speech is moneyline?
Moneyline is a noun.

Words near moneyline in the dictionary

  1. moneylenders
  2. moneylending
  3. moneyless
  4. moneylessness
  5. moneylike
  6. moneyline
  7. moneylord
  8. moneylords
  9. moneymaker
  10. Moneymaker effect
  11. moneymakers

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