totalizer

A noun referring to a device or computer that registers bets and calculates the total amount wagered, dividing it among winners, or a calculator that performs basic arithmetic functions.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un dispositivo o computadora que registra apuestas y calcula el total de las mismas para repartirlo entre los ganadores, o una máquina calculadora que realiza operaciones aritméticas básicas.

1. Betting computer C1 formal

   A computer system that records bets and calculates the payout by dividing the total amount wagered among the winners.

   • The racetrack uses a totalizer to manage all the bets.
   • The totalizer displayed the odds for each horse.
   • He watched the totalizer update after each race.

   🇪🇸Totalizador de apuestas

   Sinónimos: totalizatortote

2. Simple calculator B2 formal

   A device or machine that performs basic arithmetic operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

   • The old shopkeeper used a totalizer to add up the day's sales.
   • A totalizer can be helpful for quick calculations.
   • The cashier relied on a totalizer to tally the receipts.

   🇪🇸calculadora simple

   Sinónimos: adding machinecalculator

• totalizers plural form
• totalizers' possessive plural form
• totalizer's possessive singular form