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.

• 🇫🇷Substantif désignant un appareil ou un ordinateur qui enregistre les paris et calcule le montant total des enjeux pour le répartir entre les gagnants, ou une calculatrice effectuant des opérations arithmétiques de base.

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.

   🇫🇷Totalisateur (machine à pari)

   Synonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷calculatrice simple

   Synonymes: adding machinecalculator

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