punternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpʌn.tər/us/ˈpʌn.t̬ɚ/punter noun [ C ] (GAMBLER)
UK a person who gambles (= risks money guessing the result of something):
Bookmakers are offering punters odds of 6–1 on the horse Red Devil winning the race.
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Gambling & bookmaking
- ante
- bank
- banker
- bet
- betting
- bookmaker
- cockfight
- dice
- double or quits idiom
- draw
- gaming table
- grab bag
- high roller
- juke joint
- lose
- lucky dip
- spin a coin idiom
- stake
- tombola
- toss
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punter noun [ C ] (CUSTOMER)
UK informal a customer; a user of services or buyer of goods:
Many hotels are offering discounts in an attempt to attract punters/pull in the punters.
UK slang a person who uses the services of a prostitute
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People who buy things
- bidder
- buyer
- client
- consumer
- custom
- customer
- market
- mystery shopper
- patron
- patronage
- personal shopper
- prosumer
- purchaser
- rag-and-bone man
- shill
- shopper
- sniper
- subscriber
- trader
- tradesman
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punter noun [ C ] (BOAT)
a person who travels in a punt
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People who work on boats & ships
- cabin crew
- crew member
- deckhand
- docker
- gondolier
- hand
- helmsman
- longshoreman
- mariner
- merchant seaman
- pilot
- run away to sea idiom
- sailor
- sea
- sea dog
- stevedore
- steward
- yachtsman
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