totaliser

A noun referring to a device or machine that calculates and displays a total, often used in betting to register bets and compute winnings, or as a simple arithmetic calculator.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un dispositif ou une machine qui calcule et affiche le total, souvent utilisé dans les paris pour enregistrer les mises et calculer les gains, ou comme simple calculateur arithmétique.

1. Betting computer C1 formal british

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

   • The totaliser at the racetrack calculated the final payouts.
   • He watched the totaliser update after each race.
   • The totaliser showed the odds for each horse.

   🇫🇷Totalisateur (appareil de pari mutuel)

   Synonymes: parimutueltotalizatortote

2. Simple arithmetic calculator C1 formal british

   A calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions.

   • The old totaliser could only add and subtract.
   • He used a totaliser to check his grocery bill.
   • The totaliser was a basic device for arithmetic.

   🇫🇷Calculateur arithmétique simple

   Synonymes: adding machinecalculator

• totalisers plural form
• totalisers' possessive plural form
• totaliser's possessive singular form