| 单词 | double discount |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdouble discount 5. U.S. Billiards. A deduction of one or more counts from one player's score for each count made by the other, given or agreed in recognition of unequal levels of ability; the mode of play in which such a deduction is granted. Frequently with modifying word specifying the size of the deduction, as double discount, treble discount, etc. (see quots. 1857 and 1999). Now historical. ΚΠ 1857 M. Phelan Game of Billiards (ed. 2) 66 In double and treble discount, twice and thrice the amount of his opponent's gains are deducted from the player's score. 1878 Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1877–8 13 141 In case of a discount, the person who gives the discount loses, moreover, one from his count, when his opponent makes a successful shot. 1897 Borderland Jan. 93/2 Never play billiards? Why, only last week you gave me a discount and a beating. 1914 Hearst's Nov. 576/1 It's a tremendous compliment..to have you object to the double discount. 1999 M. Shamos New Illustr. Encycl. Billiards 82/2 In double discount, twice the number of points scored is deducted from the odds-giver... In grand discount, the odds-giver has his score reset to zero whenever his adversary scores. < as lemmas |
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