totalisator

1. 1.

   computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won

   Synonymspari-mutuel machinetotalizertotalisertotalizator

   Broadercomputer

Other forms of totalisator

plural

totalisators·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about totalisator

What does totalisator mean?

totalisator means "computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won".

How many syllables are in totalisator?

totalisator has 5 syllables: to-ta-li-sa-tor. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for totalisator?

Close synonyms include pari-mutuel machine, totalizer, totaliser, totalizator. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is totalisator a common word?

totalisator is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.