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spread betting

spread betting noun: a form of gambling (or investment) in which a bookmaker (or broker) predicts a range of outcomes (or share price movements) and the better (or investor) places a stake on a higher or lower result and thus wins or loses a multiple of that stake, the multiple depending on the accuracy of the prediction.

Noun

spread betting (uncountable)

  1. A form of gambling (or investment) in which a bookmaker (or broker) predicts a range of outcomes (or share price movements) and the better (or investor) places a stake on a higher or lower result and thus wins or loses a multiple of that stake, the multiple depending on the accuracy of the prediction

Questions about spread betting

What does spread betting mean?
Spread betting means a form of gambling (or investment) in which a bookmaker (or broker) predicts a range of outcomes (or share price movements) and the better (or investor) places a stake on a higher or lower result and thus wins or loses a multiple of that stake, the multiple depending on the accuracy of the prediction.
What part of speech is spread betting?
Spread betting is a noun.

Words near spread betting in the dictionary

  1. sprayskirt
  2. sprayskirts
  3. spread
  4. spread bet
  5. spread bets
  6. spread betting
  7. spread eagle
  8. spread eagles
  9. spread it on thick
  10. spread like wildfire
  11. spread limit

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