betting shop
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3.7
- noun
- UK
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casa de apuestas
- 129 times he tried in betting shops railway stations elsewhere.
- go to the betting shop
Coming out of that book's betting shop in in Broad Street, Banbury.
- Coming out of that book's betting shop in in Broad Street, Banbury.
- Wait, Orange trousers, punching and kicking other players in the doorway of a betting shop.
- But with betting shops, with gambling, you never hear someone tell you when they won.
- Traders could bet on a share price and a betting shop type slip would be issued which could be cashed in at any time.
Examples
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I placed my bets at the betting shop before the big game.
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Coming out of that book's betting shop in in Broad Street, Banbury.
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But with betting shops, with gambling, you never hear someone tell you when they won.
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The Gemitos are at the betting shop.
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Traders could bet on a share price and a betting shop type slip would be issued which could be cashed in at any time.
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Betting shops you'd think where people would not be afraid to show their opinion.
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The betting shop was crowded with fans eager to wager on their favorite teams.
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He visited the betting shop to check the odds for the upcoming race.
Synonyms
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5.4
A place or website where people bet on sports and see odds
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Morphology
The meaning 'a place where people place bets' is directly and transparently built from 'bet' (to place a wager) + 'shop' (a place that offers a service), following a common noun-compounding/gerund+noun pattern. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., betting office, bookmaker) and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Betting shop comes from the simple picture of a small shop where people go to make bets on sports, with odds and race numbers shown in the window. That's why today betting shop means 'a place where people can legally place bets'.