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单词 quinella
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Definition of quinella in English:

quinella

noun kwɪˈnɛləkwiˈnelə
  • A bet in which the first two places in a race must be predicted, but not necessarily in the correct order.

    Compare with perfecta
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The daily double, exacta and quinella percentage has been dropped from 20% to 17.5%.
    • Currently, the government tax is 12 per cent on simple pools such as win, place and quinella, and 20 per cent on exotic bets like tierce, double tierce and triple tierce.
    Synonyms
    wager, stake, gamble, ante

Origin

1940s (originally US): from Latin American Spanish quiniela.

Rhymes

a cappella, Arabella, Bella, bestseller, Capella, cellar, Cinderella, citronella, Clarabella, corella, Daniela, Della, dispeller, dweller, Ella, expeller, favela, fella, fellah, feller, Fenella, Floella, foreteller, Heller, impeller, interstellar, Keller, Louella, Mandela, mortadella, mozzarella, Nigella, novella, paella, panatella, patella, predella, propeller, queller, repeller, rosella, rubella, salmonella, Santiago de Compostela, seller, smeller, speller, Stella, stellar, tarantella, teller, umbrella, Viyella
 
 

Definition of quinella in US English:

quinella

(also quiniela)
nounkwiˈnelə
  • A bet in which the first two places in a race must be predicted, but not necessarily in the correct order.

    Compare with exacta
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Currently, the government tax is 12 per cent on simple pools such as win, place and quinella, and 20 per cent on exotic bets like tierce, double tierce and triple tierce.
    • The daily double, exacta and quinella percentage has been dropped from 20% to 17.5%.
    Synonyms
    wager, stake, gamble, ante

Origin

1940s (originally US): from Latin American Spanish quiniela.

 
 
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