totalisator

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 and divides as to-ta-li-sa-tor under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.