each-way

See also: each way

English

Adjective

each-way (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of each way
    • 1969, Rem Plante, Australian Horse Racing and Punters' Guide, page 262:
      Exactly the same procedure can be followed for each-way bets; however, you may not receive the quarter of the win-odds for a place.
    • 1979, Gazette - Australian Mathematical Society - Volumes 6-7, page 39:
      To overcome these problems, an each-way bookmaker keeps his odds below a win bookmaker's, and refuses to bet each-way when there is an odds-on chance in the race or when the race contains fewer than 8 runners.
    • 2001, Jacky Hyams, Bombsites and Lollipops - My 1950s East End Childhood, →ISBN:
      Or, in the case of some of my dad's punters, there to deprive the wife and kids of any extra by putting it on an each-way bet on the 3 o'clock at Redcar.
    • 2014, Jacqueline Wilson, Daydreams and Diaries, →ISBN, page 173:
      Later on, when we had a telephone, I heard him place each-way bets for a few shillings, but he was a steady punter, betting every day there was a race on.

Adverb

each-way (not comparable)

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of each way
    • 1979, Gazette - Australian Mathematical Society - Volumes 6-7, page 39:
      To overcome these problems, an each-way bookmaker keeps his odds below a win bookmaker's, and refuses to bet each-way when there is an odds-on chance in the race or when the race contains fewer than 8 runners.
    • 2002, Nick Mordin, Betting for a Living, →ISBN, page 249:
      So why shouldn't I go the whole way and bet each-way as well?
    • 2008, Johnnie E.V. Johnson, Alistair Bruce, Decisions: Risk and Reward, →ISBN, page 211:
      This evidence, together with the issues discussed above, suggests that one of the important motivations for choosing to bet each-way is the protection of at least some of the original stake rather than the prospect of earning higher returns.
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