"bookmaking" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bookmakings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English boke-making, equivalent to book + making. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|boke-making}} Middle English boke-making, {{compound|en|book|making}} book + making Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} bookmaking (usually uncountable, plural bookmakings)
  1. The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (art or profession of determining odds): vedonvälitys (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-bookmaking-en-noun-cYiELSRC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'art or profession of determining odds': 86 14
  2. The art or practice of compiling books from the writings of others. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-bookmaking-en-noun-MN~pTH3~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bookie, bookmaker

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